unowned

Examples

• All

• Like that doesn't happen with an unowned structure.

• In order to minimize the losses that need to be compensated, unowned land would have to be so plentiful that it is difficult to see the need for any form of ownership at all.

  Academic text (1990)

• The sound of my voice in his room of insect collections and 4-H awards came out of nowhere, unfamiliar, unowned.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The LOST creates a collectivist, highly politicized system to govern much of mankind's unowned resources.

  Academic text (2005)

• Suppose, for example, an appropriator develops unowned land with an original intention of growing food, but subsequently decides to use the land for a jogging track.

  Academic text (1990)

• Long states: "Since collectives, like individuals, can mix their labor with unowned resources to make those resources more useful to their purposes, collectives, too, can claim property rights by homestead."

  Blog text (10)

• God's dominion is based on God's self-evident right of creation; man's property is based on man's mixing of his labor with unowned nature.

  Academic text (2006)

• The park is filled with wildflowers and is considered unowned by anyone, allowing everyone to enjoy it freely.

• There are many unowned bicycles left in the racks, often available for anyone to use.

• The artist created a mural on an unowned wall, contributing beauty to the community without needing permission.

Synonyms

O

ownerless

vsunowned

1 5.6

Something that does not belong to anyone, like a stray cat or a lost bike

has identical meaning but differs only in wording or style

U

unpossessed

vsunowned

8.3

Free from ownership, control or influence

is narrower, focusing only on lack of ownership rather than control

U

untaken

vsunowned

4.8

Not claimed or used by anyone

refers to permanent lack of ownership rather than temporary availability

Antonyms

O

owned

1.1

A thing that has an owner, like a car or company

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology