unapproved
adjEtymology From un- + approved.
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Not approved.
- The unapproved imports were sent back to the originating country.
- The pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive.2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN:
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Archaic Not proven.