unallocated
Americanadjective
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not allocated for any particular purpose or recipient.
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Computers. (of memory or drive space) not already occupied by data, and therefore free or available for saving new data.
Example Sentences
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Today, most frequencies above the 250 GHz mark remain unallocated.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
When the unallocated reserve grows higher than 10%, the money must be returned to the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Currently, around $78 billion committed to distressed investments globally are unallocated, according data provider Preqin.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2022
The council report highlighted it having "effectively no unallocated general reserves" and said if unchecked, it would face a £159m deficit by 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2021
The others were sustained on stipends from donors such as the National Research Council and the Rockefeller Foundation, or were paid out of unallocated grants made to the Rad Lab by the same bodies.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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