consolidated

[kuh n-sol-i-dey-tid]

adjective

brought together into a single whole.
having become solid, firm, or coherent.
Accounting. taking into account the combined information gathered from the financial conditions of a parent corporation and its subsidiaries: a consolidated balance sheet.

Origin of consolidated

First recorded in 1745–55; consolidate + -ed²

Related formsqua·si-con·sol·i·dat·ed, adjectiveun·con·sol·i·dat·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for unconsolidated

Contemporary Examples of unconsolidated

The ground was fertile, with alluvial, or unconsolidated, soil.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey
December 10, 2014

Historical Examples of unconsolidated

The largest supplies of water are in the unconsolidated sediments.
The Economic Aspect of Geology
C. K. Leith
The American railroad in its unconsolidated stage is a modern feudalism.
The Grafters
Francis Lynde
Sand-dunes in deserts or on coasts are unconsolidated arenaceous rock-masses.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2
Various
Unfortunately, because of a cave-in of the unconsolidated earth of last years fill, a photograph was impossible.
The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948
A. E. Treganza
Much less than a commercially valuable placer deposit in unconsolidated surface rocks may start a search for the mother lode.
The Economic Aspect of Geology
C. K. Leith

Word Origin and History for unconsolidated

consolidated

adj.

past participle adjective from consolidate. Of money, debt, etc., from 1753; in literal sense of "made firm, unified," from c.1850.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper