un-apportioned

un-ap·por·tion

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Definition of un-apportioned word

verb with object un-apportioned to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men. 1

before 1565

One of the 32% oldest English words

1565-75; < Middle French apportionner, equivalent to ap- ap-1 + portionner to portion

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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