unappropriation
unappropriation noun: lack or reversal of appropriation.
Noun
unappropriation (countable and uncountable, plural unappropriations)
- Lack or reversal of appropriation.
- Because the appropriating clause in this act is, in effect, an unappropriation of all the money that has been raised this year, and puts it in the power of a minister to divert any of the supplies to whatever purposes he shall think fit; […]1811, Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England, page 603
- […] land titled, or equitably owned under color of title from the sovereignty of the state, evidence of the unappropriation of which is on the county records or in the general land-office, or when the appropriation is evidenced by the occupation of the owner, or of some person holding for him.1887, The Southwestern Reporter, volume 1, page 193
Forms of unappropriation
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Questions about unappropriation
- What does unappropriation mean?
- Unappropriation means lack or reversal of appropriation.
- What part of speech is unappropriation?
- Unappropriation is a noun.
- What is the plural of unappropriation?
- The plural of unappropriation is unappropriations.
Words near unappropriation in the dictionary
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