: not apportioned or distributed for a specific purpose : not allocated
unallocated funds

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In the immediate aftermath of the fire, it was estimated that the plan would require $5 million – an amount the organisation did not have available or otherwise unallocated. Bella Webb, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025 Over $2 billion of its commitment to Gary Works remains unallocated, enough to begin the clean steelmaking transition this community has earned. John E. Jackson Sr, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 The proposal would use funds from the county's unallocated contingency balance to support residents on SNAP. Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025 Hagan’s memo identified money that exceeded the tax’s projections, reallocated sports complex dollars or unallocated tax funds as potentially viable for the Rays. Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for unallocated

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unallocated was in 1869

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“Unallocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unallocated. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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