unspent

[uhn-spent]

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adjective

not spent or used, as money.
not used up or consumed: unspent energy.

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Origin of unspent

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at un-¹, spent

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Related Words for unspent

retained, invested, kept, stored, deposited, accumulated, amassed, hoarded, untouched, unused, unspent

Examples from the Web for unspent

Contemporary Examples of unspent

He proposed using some unspent funds to subsidize flood insurance.
Weiner’s Desperate Rockaway Trip
Michael Daly
August 1, 2013

Historical Examples of unspent

She was healthy and active, quick at everything, and restless with unspent energy.
The Promised Land
Mary Antin
He resented, from his own depleting store, her unspent sum of days.
Mountain Blood
Joseph Hergesheimer
And still there was a large portion of the four hundred and twenty dollars unspent.
Martin Eden
Jack London
Gives to seas and sunset skies The unspent beauty of surprise.
New Chronicles of Rebecca
Kate Douglas Wiggin
And the storm raged at intervals with all the ferocity of unspent passion.
One Day
Anonymous