un apportioned
ʃən, əˈpoʊr- verb (used with object)
to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to divide, distribute, or assign appropriate shares of; allot proportionally: to apportion the blame | |
| ap'portionable | |
| —adj | |
| ap'portioner | |
| —n | |
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Un apportioned
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
apportion
1570s, from M.Fr. apportionner, from O.Fr. aporcioner, from a- "to" + portioner "to divide into portions," from portion "share, portion" (see portion). Apportionment is attested from 1620s.
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