unallocated
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5.6
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈlækəˌteɪd/
- 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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3.7
Not given a job, task, or place to go
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5.9
Not assigned a particular use, name, or place
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7.2
Not officially set aside for any specific use
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7.9
Not set aside for any person or use
Not given to anyone, for example a seat or task
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.