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unexercised

  • a word derived from exercise.
    exercise
    noun
    bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health.

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That included a backlog of $118 billion, the company said, as well as an estimated $60.9 billion of additional value from unfunded indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts and unexercised options.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

The board held that an employer can be forced to the bargaining table if it exercises “indirect control” over working conditions or if it has the unexercised authority to exert direct control.

From Slate Dec. 19, 2017

In this case, if the asset falls in value, some of the losses are offset by the premiums collected on the unexercised call option.

From Reuters Dec. 19, 2012

This figure does not count Zuckerberg’s 60 million unexercised options.

From Forbes May 17, 2012

No, it is the unexercised and fibreless, in whom no adequate store of material has ever been laid up, that will peak and pine under toil.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler