Undistributed Meaning
/ˌʌndɪˈstrɪbjutɪd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot distributed.
adjNot employing the technique of distributed computing.
Sentence Examples
The company has a large amount of undistributed profits in the bank.
Undistributed flyers were found in the back of the small office.
The corporation decided to retain its undistributed profits for expansion.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The charity still has a large amount of food ____ due to a shortage of volunteers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ profits are kept in a separate account to be used for future investments and new projects today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English distributed English undistributed From un- + distributed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"By keeping the profits undistributed in the partnership they remained free of UK tax."
— 2009 February 4, Tax gap reporting team, “Seeing double: Tax avoidance scheme allegedly used by UK ads agency”, in The Guardian:
"When I got there, Wall St. was indeed backward, mainframed and undistributed."
— 2012, Emanuel Derman, My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The charity still has a large amount of food ____ due to a shortage of volunteers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ profits are kept in a separate account to be used for future investments and new projects today.