unexpended

Thân thiện

She placed the unexpended portion of the meatloaf in a container.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not used up; remaining: Describes something that has not been consumed, spent, or exhausted and is still available.
   • (Of financial resources) not spent: Specifically refers to money or funds that have been allocated but not yet used.

Usage Examples

• General (not used up):
  • The unexpended supplies were stored for the next expedition.
  • After the party, there was a significant amount of unexpended food.
• Financial (not spent):
  • The department must return any unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year.
  • His unexpended allowance accumulated in his savings account.

Advanced Usage

• "Unexpended balance": A term often used in accounting and budgeting to refer to the portion of an allocated budget that has not been spent.
  • The project's unexpended balance was reallocated to a new initiative.
• "Unexpended energy": Can be used metaphorically to describe reserve strength or effort not yet used.
  • After the first match, the tennis player still had unexpended energy for the final set.

Variants and Related Words

• Unexpended is the adjectival form. The related verb is expend.
• Expend (verb): To use or spend resources (time, money, energy).
  • The company will expend great effort to complete the project on time.
• Expenditure (noun): The act of spending or using up resources; an amount spent.
  • The total expenditure for the quarter was under budget.
• Unexpended is synonymous with unspent in financial contexts.

Synonyms

• Remaining
• Leftover
• Unused
• Unspent (specific to money)
• Surplus

Antonyms

• Expended
• Spent
• Used up
• Exhausted
• Depleted

Notes on Usage

• Unexpended is a formal term commonly found in official, financial, logistical, or technical contexts (e.g., government budgets, project management, inventory reports).
• In everyday conversation, words like leftover, remaining, or unused are more frequently used than unexpended.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not used up
   • leftover meatloaf
   • she had a little money left over so she went to a movie
   • some odd dollars left
   • saved the remaining sandwiches for supper
   • unexpended provisions
2. (of financial resources) not spent
   • unexpended funds
   • his unspent allowance

Từ đồng nghĩa

• leftover
• left over
• left
• odd
• remaining
• unspent