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

The district covers southern Las Vegas and much of unincorporated Clark County. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026

About 100 people who had been residents of unincorporated Will County woke up Tuesday as residents of Park Forest. — Jackie Kostek, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

The six dogs’ bodies were found March 3 in trash bags in a ditch near Norfolk Avenue and Kings Road in unincorporated Crete Township, Will County sheriff’s Deputy Chief Jeremy Zdzinicki said when the award was first announced. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

The shooting occurred just after midnight along Jetty Road in Moss Landing, an unincorporated coastal community in Monterey County, according to a statement from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. — Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 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