unincorporated

adjective

un·​in·​cor·​po·​rat·​ed ˌən-in-ˈkȯr-pə-ˌrā-təd 

: lacking corporate status : not formed into a legal corporation : not incorporated

an unincorporated village/community

an unincorporated business/association

Examples of unincorporated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An Indiana woman has been charged with shooting and killing a man and his parents at a home in unincorporated Crete in Chicago's far south suburbs. —Noel Brennan, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026

Some commission members were concerned with the road connections to existing road stubs in the unincorporated Lynnwood subdivision to the west, while other commission members favored the road connections as proposed, Zenner said. —Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026

The meteor traveled about 58 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating 29 miles above tiny Calflax in unincorporated Fresno County, Cooke said. —Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026

That section of town received evacuation alerts hours after flames threatened the area, and much later than wealthier, whiter areas of the unincorporated town. —Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1732, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unincorporated

• ameliorated
• decontaminated
• deoxygenated
• deteriorated
• differentiated
• disarticulated
• excommunicated
• incapacitated
• individuated
• misappropriated
• monounsaturated
• multinucleated