undistributed

adjective

un·​dis·​trib·​ut·​ed ˌən-di-ˈstri-byü-təd 

 also  -byə-,

 British also  -ˈdi-stri-ˌbyü-

: not distributed: such as

a

: not dealt out or apportioned

undistributed revenue

b

logic : not conveying information about every member of the class named

In the proposition "some rectangles are squares," both the subject and predicate are undistributed, since no information is given about all squares or all rectangles.

Examples of undistributed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Supreme Court has not ruled on a question like this, although one recent guidepost came in a 2024 tax case, Moore vs. USA, in which the Supreme Court upheld a tax on undistributed foreign assets. —Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

With their as-yet undistributed film making waves at its world premiere at TIFF 2024 this past week, Gibney and Bloom sat down at a restaurant here to talk with THR about its secretive production. —Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2024

Distributions made in any calendar year in excess of investment company taxable income and net capital gain are treated as taxable ordinary dividends to the extent of undistributed earnings and profits, and then as a return of capital that reduces the adjusted basis in the shares held. —Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2024

Advertisement One of the writers, Washington attorney David B. Rivkin, had helped write an appeal petition asking the court to take up a major tax case and rule the Constitution forbids levies on undistributed corporate profits. —David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above