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unapportioned

unapportioned

1 8.4
Not divided among groups of people
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈpɔːrʃənd/
translation icon : 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
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

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

How Apportioned

allotted
4.4
divided
  • US
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'.