unappropriated

[ uhn-uh-proh-pree-ey-tid ]

adjective

1. not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
2. not taken into possession by any person:

   A portion of the land remained unappropriated.

unappropriated

/ ˌʌnəˈprəʊprɪˌeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. not set aside for specific use
2. accounting designating that portion of the profits of a business enterprise that is retained in the business and not withdrawn by the proprietor
3. (of property) not having been taken into any person's possession or control

Word History and Origins

Origin of unappropriated¹

1750–60; un- ¹ + appropriate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

While lobbying the City Council to release funding allocated for the raises from the city’s “unappropriated balance,” one interventionist testified that he had to take on a second job just to get by.

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At one point during Thursday’s meeting, Soto-Martínez attempted to shift $34.7 million allocated for police hiring into the city’s “unappropriated balance.”

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Hernandez later came back with what she called a compromise measure, asking her colleagues to shift a smaller amount of police hiring funds — $13 million — into the unappropriated balance.

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The committee also recommended an additional $10 million for police hiring and overtime go into the city’s unappropriated balance.

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Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, who chairs the committee, compared the arrangement to a Starbucks gift card that automatically reloads: Any time the mayor’s Inside Safe account falls below $25 million, it would be automatically replenished with another $25 million from the unappropriated balance, he said.

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