unconsolidated
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Aggregates come in two major forms: Sand and gravel are extracted from unconsolidated deposits that are screened and sorted into various grain sizes.
From Washington Times
The investment is the latest example of an influx of Chinese money and gaming content into Japan, where a largely unconsolidated industry underpinning the country’s pop culture is having to compete with well-resourced overseas rivals.
From Reuters
One idiosyncrasy with the faithless electors cases is that they were combined, or "consolidated," to be argued and decided together before they were unconsolidated due to a conflict of interest.
From Fox News
Over the past 10 years, the unconsolidated police and fire funds have had returns that are 2% less on average than the statewide Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, which consolidates investments for other municipal workers.
From Washington Times
Without due time to form, the “rocks” of the Anthropocene were little more than “two centimetres of unconsolidated organic matter”, as one geologist put it to me.
From The Guardian
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