unaccredited
adjective
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Definition of unaccredited
: not recognized as meeting prescribed standards or requirements : not accredited
an unaccredited institution As the school was unaccredited and still didn't offer degrees (as opposed to certificates), they were ineligible for federal loans.— Leslie Spenser
Examples of unaccredited in a Sentence
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Like most coding schools, Lambdaâs curriculum is unaccredited, and self-reports its performance metrics. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "Lambda School's For-Profit Plan to Solve Student Debt," 26 Aug. 2019 Recently, unaccredited zoos in America and aboard have been harshly criticized by animal welfare organizations for using the tool to manage elephants. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, "America's Accredited Zoos Are Phasing Out Bullhook Use on Elephants: It's a 'Barbaric Device'," 21 Aug. 2019 The solution was to issue Regulation A securities, which allowed the company to seek unaccredited investors. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Myracehorse website allows average people to own a piece of action," 26 July 2019 Her only credential for providing health services was a certificate from an unaccredited, for-profit online school called the Institution for Integrative Nutrition. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Unlicensed âhealth coachâ claims health advice is free speechâcourt disagrees," 20 July 2019 And students from unaccredited schools canât transfer credits to other campuses. — Nanette Asimov, SFChronicle.com, "Californiaâs online community college plans to open in fall to limited group," 19 July 2019 Also, degrees from an unaccredited school may not be recognized by other schools. — Eric Stirgus, ajc, "AJC On Campus: New presidential hires, programs and scholarships," 25 June 2019 The company has raised nearly $16 million by selling its crypto tokens online to both accredited and unaccredited investors, the latter of which was made possible by an exemption allowed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. — Brittany Meiling, San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Diego blockchain startup XY lays off 40 people, losing half its staff," 4 June 2019 Buyers of the shares can be both accredited and unaccredited investors, and companies typically face less stringent reporting requirements than in a typical IPO. — Anne Steele, WSJ, "iHeartMedia Seeks to Light Up Marijuana Market With High Times Stake," 3 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unaccredited.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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