ration
noun
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage.
unrationed
-
a word derived from
ration.
Example Sentences
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World War II cemented the snack’s dominance: Sugar rationing crippled candy production, while popcorn, unrationed and still cheap, filled the void.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The composer himself makes the most of that scene: the spitting, mewling chorus of sinners provides an interlude of rapid, angular music in a score almost too generous in its unrationed radiance, but compelling nonetheless.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2012
Last week Jockey Atkinson's custom-made, unrationed boots were in the stirrups of seven winners at Tropical Park.
From Time Magazine Archive
The favorite strategy for buying up unrationed goods in short supply is to dispatch every member of the family to stand in line at different shops.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the evenings she cooks for him, hoping to please, with the unrationed, remarkably unblemished sugar, flour, rice, and salt she had written about to her mother in her very first letter home.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
