unallocated
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈlækəˌteɪd/
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no asignado
- During the meeting, the manager explained that there are unallocated resources available for new initiatives.
- unallocated funds
- unallocated space
Examples
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The project is delayed because there is still unallocated funding in the budget.
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Assuming the $25 billion in funds are repaid, unallocated TARP resources would total $134.5 billion, the approximate figure cited by Geithner.
Blog text (21) -
On the contrary, there is a tangible reward in the form of unallocated money.
Fiction book (2002) -
Our final estimate of registered voters was an unallocated 49% for Obama, 46% for Romney.
Blog text (4) -
Whether the unallocated TARP money is $109.5 billion or $134.5 billion, most of whatever remains is committed to existing TARP programs.
Blog text (21) -
In accordance with this legislation, Arizona constitutionally disclaimed all rights to unallocated public lands inside its borders. Prop 120 would repeal this provision.
Blog text (7) -
Well before Jordan's renunciation, Eugene Rostow, former dean of Yale Law School and undersecretary of state for political affairs in 1967 during the Six-Day War, argued that the West Bank should be considered "unallocated territory," once part of the Ottoman Empire.
Academic text (2009) -
The city has several unallocated properties that could be developed for community use.
Synonyms
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Not given a job, task, or place to go
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Not assigned a particular use, name, or place
Not given to anyone, for example a seat or task
Not set aside for any person or use
Not officially set aside for any specific use
Costs not assigned to products or projects and still in the accounts
How Allocated
Surface Forms
Morphology
unallocated = allocated (transparent) = un + allocate + ed
The negative prefix 'un-' is attached to the participial adjective 'allocated' producing the straightforward meaning 'not allocated'.
Etymology
Unallocated is made of un- meaning 'not' and allocate meaning 'to set aside' or 'put in a place', the same idea you see in location. So, something unallocated is not set aside or given a place for use.