unappropriated

Still without owner

Unappropriated describes money, land, or resources that have not been set aside for a particular purpose or assigned to anyone's ownership.

An unappropriated fund balance remains available for future allocation.

Unappropriated public lands belong to the government but haven't been designated for specific use.

The term appears most often in legal, governmental, and accounting contexts.

unclaimed

unclaimed

Not yet taken

undesignated · available · untaken · free · open · vacant · uncommitted · disposable · discretionary · surplus

unused

idle

Without activity or purpose

unexploited · neglected · inactive · undeveloped · unproductive · unutilized · unharvested · unmined · latent · potential

legal

unowned

Having no possessor

unannexed · untitled · common · communal · collective · shared · commonwealth · trust · escheat

Opposites
allocation status

unappropriatedappropriated

Took for one's use

earmarked · allocated · designated · assigned · budgeted

ownership/claim status

unappropriatedappropriated

Took for one's use

claimed · taken · owned · possessed · acquired

Family

appropriate, appropriated, appropriation, misappropriate, appropriating, misappropriation, appropriates, appropriator, reappropriate

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