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UNASSIGNED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unassigned mean?
• UNASSIGNED (adjective)
The adjective UNASSIGNED has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: UNASSIGNED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not assigned
Context example:
unassigned personnel
Antonym:
assigned (appointed to a post or duty)
Context examples
An unassigned species of temperate bacteriophage in the family MYOVIRIDAE which infects E. coli.
(Bacteriophage P1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Little has changed in the land distribution of the devastation: the largest portion of the total area deforested over the 12-month period consisted of private properties (35.4%), followed by land reform settlements (28.6%), unassigned public land (24%) and conservancy units (12%).
(Amazon lost 7,989 km² of forest in 12 months, Agência Brasil)
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