unapportioned
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈpɔːrʃənd/
Examples
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First of all, the federal income tax is completely unconstitutional, as it is a direct, unapportioned tax.
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Many citizens argue that an unapportioned tax unfairly penalizes certain individuals without distributing the burden evenly.
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The debate centers around whether the government's unapportioned tax policy is in violation of constitutional principles.
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Advocates of tax reform believe that an unapportioned tax can lead to increased financial strain on low-income families.
Synonyms
Assets not yet given to the people who should get them
Not divided into parts or sections
A thing that has no separate parts
Antonyms
How Apportioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
unapportioned = apportioned (transparent) = un + apportion + ed
The adjective is formed by applying the negative prefix 'un-' to the participial adjective 'apportioned', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not divided or distributed'.
Etymology
The word unapportioned starts with un- meaning 'not' and the part apportion, which comes from the common word portion meaning 'share' or 'part'. So, unapportioned describes something 'not divided into shares' or 'not yet given out'.