Ĭn'of-fĭ'çial, a.

(-of-fĭsh'al), a. [Prefix in, not, and official.] Not official; not proceeding from the proper officer; not clothed with the usual forms of authority, or not done in an official character; not required by, or appropriate to, the duties of any office; as, inofficial intelligence.

Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial visits to discuss official business. Pickering.