💧 Not taken in 💰 Not allocated

unabsorbed

7.2

Costs not assigned to products or projects and still in the accounts

adjective
/ˌʌnəbˈzɔrbd/

Specialized

: no asignado

The audit revealed a significant amount of unabsorbed overhead in the factory's accounts.

Examples

The funds remain unabsorbed in the budget.
Unresolved or unabsorbed losses can affect the financial statements of a business.
The company reported several unabsorbed costs at the end of the fiscal year.
Why is the amount still unabsorbed?
The audit revealed a significant amount of unabsorbed overhead in the factory's accounts.
The company reported several unabsorbed costs at the end of the fiscal year.
Unresolved or unabsorbed losses can affect the financial statements of a business.

Synonyms

unassigned

vsunabsorbed

3 3.7

Not given a job, task, or place to go

is used for financial amounts left on records and still outstanding

unallocated

vsunabsorbed

1 5.6

Not given for any specific use

is specifically about amounts still on financial records not yet used

undistributed

vsunabsorbed

Specialized

1 7.2

Assets not yet given to the people who should get them

is about amounts left on books and not written off

unallotted

vsunabsorbed

6.7

Not given to anyone, for example a seat or task

is about sums still recorded in accounts rather than being given out

How Allocated

allotted

4.4

unabsorbed

Specialized

7.2

unallocated

1 5.6

Surface Forms

unabsorbed positive

Morphology

unabsorbed = absorbed (semi-transparent) = un + absorb + ed

Formally 'un-' + 'absorbed', but the accounting/financial sense of 'absorbed' (meaning allocated or written off) is specialized and may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Unabsorbed comes from un- meaning 'not' and absorb meaning 'to take in', a phrase often used in business when a company 'absorbs' costs. So unabsorbed costs are ones not taken into a product or budget and remain not assigned.