as in loose
consisting of particles that do not stick together
unconsolidated soil
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Recent Examples of unconsolidated
This combination of an unstable base below a thick layer of unconsolidated fresh snow is one of the most dangerous causes of snow avalanches in the mountains, Swain says.
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Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Management identified a material weakness in internal controls related to verifying information from unconsolidated subsidiaries, which has been addressed with new procedures.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2025
Related article Massive sinkhole threatens to swallow West Virginia police department
Takashi Oguchi, a geographer from the University of Tokyo, said sinkholes are rare in Japan, where most roads are built on unconsolidated fluvial and marine sediments.
—Yumi Asada, Chris Lau and Minori Konishi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Wet sediment is so unconsolidated that unsuspecting people have sunk to their chests in it.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
The vapor industry is, in short, one of relatively few unconsolidated consumer-product markets in America.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 22 June 2023
The automatic adjustment will also apply to PSLF-eligible loans, including consolidated and unconsolidated parent PLUS loans.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023
The final tests proved the system’s capabilities on unconsolidated, unstructured, and inclined terrains.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2023
Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Management identified a material weakness in internal controls related to verifying information from unconsolidated subsidiaries, which has been addressed with new procedures.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2025
Related article Massive sinkhole threatens to swallow West Virginia police department
Takashi Oguchi, a geographer from the University of Tokyo, said sinkholes are rare in Japan, where most roads are built on unconsolidated fluvial and marine sediments.
—Yumi Asada, Chris Lau and Minori Konishi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Wet sediment is so unconsolidated that unsuspecting people have sunk to their chests in it.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
The vapor industry is, in short, one of relatively few unconsolidated consumer-product markets in America.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 22 June 2023
The automatic adjustment will also apply to PSLF-eligible loans, including consolidated and unconsolidated parent PLUS loans.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023
The final tests proved the system’s capabilities on unconsolidated, unstructured, and inclined terrains.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconsolidated
loose
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Wear it over jeans or a coat for a waist-defining moment; knotted over your shoulder as a capelet, or loose for undone elegance.—
Talia Abbas,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2026
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Beckett Sennecke kept the puck and shot on a two-on-one break, with Kreider backhanding the loose puck in at the side of the net.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Unconsolidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconsolidated. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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