Meaning & use

unallocated

adjective·Academic

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Not yet assigned or distributed for a particular purpose.

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The finance team still has $50,000 in unallocated funds for next quarter.

Several unallocated seats remained after the tickets went on sale.

A note on using this word

Unallocated is common in business, finance, and project-management contexts to describe resources not yet designated for a specific use.

Words with a similar meaning

unassignedunappropriated

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Words with an opposite meaning

allocatedassigned

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