unappropriated
Americanadjective
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not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
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not taken into possession by any person.
A portion of the land remained unappropriated.
adjective
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not set aside for specific use
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accounting designating that portion of the profits of a business enterprise that is retained in the business and not withdrawn by the proprietor
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(of property) not having been taken into any person's possession or control
Etymology
Origin of unappropriated
1750–60; un- 1 + appropriate ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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To prevent the layoffs and closures, the City Council still must vote to move the $5 million out of the unappropriated balance and into Animal Services.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
Northam already has plans for $354 million of the $1.1 billion in unappropriated funds, intending to roll it into the two-year budget he will propose in December for mental health, small-business recovery and other programs.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2021
The panel has enough money to remain running until Nov. 30, when unappropriated money transferred to the commission two months ago runs out.
From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2015
"Travelers' lost change is unappropriated dollars that should be put to good use," Miller said during a House Homeland Security Committee meeting in October.
From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 26, 2013
Literature teems with such: no one can tell what particles of direct historical and biographical information lie yet undiscovered and unappropriated in miscellaneous books.
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David
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