undistributed
undistributed — adjective
- undistributedpositive
- more undistributedcomparative
- most undistributedsuperlative
1. remaining with the original holder because it has not been sent, given, or share
remaining with the original holder because it has not been sent, given, or shared with the people or places it was intended for — for example, undistributed profits that a company keeps instead of paying to shareholders, or undistributed mail that has not reached its recipients.
The company's undistributed profits stayed in the reserve fund for future projects.
attributive: undistributed profits / funds / income
After the postal strike, Esme found a pile of undistributed letters in the sorting office.
The food supplies remained undistributed because the road to the village was blocked.
The undistributed flyers for the concert were still sitting on Tamar's desk the next morning.
Linh's grandmother set aside the undistributed sweets for the children who arrived late.
- unallocated
more neutral — simply not assigned to any person or purpose yet; weaker sense of intention than undistributed
- withheld
emphasises a deliberate decision to hold something back, while undistributed may simply describe an unfinished process
- unassigned
specific to tasks, roles, or seats that have not been given to anyone
- undelivered
narrower — used only for items that were sent but never reached their destination
- distributed
opposite meaning; given out or shared among recipients
- allocated
set aside or assigned to a specific person or purpose
文法句型
be + undistributed
undistributed + noun
用法筆記
Common in formal, business, and official contexts. The word appears most often before a noun (attributive position), especially with financial terms such as 'profits', 'income', or 'funds'. However, it also works predicatively after linking verbs like 'remain' or 'go'.