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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Unappropriated \Un`ap*pro"pri*a`ted\, a. [Pref. un- not +
appropriated.]
1. Not specially appropriate; having no special application.
--J. Warton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not granted to any person, corporation, or the like, to
the exclusion of others; as, unappropriated lands.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not granted for, or applied to, any specific purpose; as,
the unappropriated moneys in the treasury.
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Note: In the proceedings of the United States congress, money
for specific purposes must first be authorized by law,
and must subsequently be appropriated in a separate
action. Money authorized but not appropriated may be
described as unappropriated.
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