unincorporated

adjective

un·in·cor·po·rat·ed ˌən-in-ˈkȯr-pə-ˌrā-təd

: lacking corporate status : not formed into a legal corporation : not incorporated

an unincorporated village/community

an unincorporated business/association

Examples of unincorporated in a Sentence

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Princeton was fatally shot on the night of Nov. 30 in the backyard of his grandfather’s home in the 1500 block of South Haskins Avenue in Rancho Dominguez, an unincorporated community of Los Angeles County, according to police. —

Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 Firefighters walk through floodwaters while responding to a rescue call in unincorporated Sonoma County, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. —

CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024 The office reviews and determines charges for felonies in the county and misdemeanors in unincorporated areas. —

Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 Since 2017, Gunna has done an annual giveaway in his community — formerly an unincorporated area of College Park before becoming a part of the city of South Fulton that year. —

Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unincorporated

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1732, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of unincorporated was circa 1732

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“Unincorporated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unincorporated. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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