how to pronounce unofficially

/ənəˈfɪʃəliː/

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unofficially is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of unofficially in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… became known unofficially as the …”

meanings of unofficially

adverb:

In a way that is not official.

unofficially frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word unofficially occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unofficially can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unofficially can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;