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unaˈppropriated, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not allocated or assigned to a special person, thing, or purpose.
1756J. Warton Ess. Pope I. iii. 147 Ovid could not restrain the luxuriancy of his genius..from wandering with an endless variety of flowery and unappropriated similitudes. 1791Boswell Johnson II. 365 He has not owned to whom he was obliged; so that the acknowledgement is unappropriated to his Grace. 1806T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. I. 21 There remained thirty thousand pounds unappropriated, and the whole was at her own disposal. 1872Howells Wedding Journ. (1892) 310 She had found..certain odd corners in her trunks still unappropriated.
2. Not taken in possession by any one.
1776Burney Hist. Mus. I. 1 The land of conjecture, however, is so extensive and unappropriated, that every new cultivator has a right to break up fresh ground. 1796Mathias Purs. Lit. ii. (1797) 24 This character..shall ever remain unappropriated by me. 1814Jane Austen Mansf. Park viii, The envied seat, the post of honour, was unappropriated. 1884Law Times Rep. 19 Apr. 230/2 A common supply of unappropriated water in deep water-bearing strata. |