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unapportioned

unapportioned

1 8.4
Not divided among groups of people
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈpɔːrʃənd/
: no repartido

Examples

  • First of all, the federal income tax is completely unconstitutional, as it is a direct, unapportioned tax.

  • Many citizens argue that an unapportioned tax unfairly penalizes certain individuals without distributing the burden evenly.

  • The debate centers around whether the government's unapportioned tax policy is in violation of constitutional principles.

  • Advocates of tax reform believe that an unapportioned tax can lead to increased financial strain on low-income families.

Synonyms

undistributed
vsunapportioned
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Assets not yet given to the people who should get them

is broader, applying to anything not shared among people or groups
unpartitioned
vsunapportioned
1 7.5

Not divided into parts or sections

focuses on not being divided among people or categories rather than physical parts
uncompartmented
vsunapportioned
9.2

A thing that has no separate parts

highlights absence of compartments, not lack of distribution among groups

Antonyms

1 6.5

Divided and given out to people or groups according to a plan

How Apportioned

allotted
12 4.4
apportioned
1 6.5
divided
  • US
9 3.0
unapportioned
1 8.4

Surface Forms

unapportioned positive

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'.