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

Recent Examples on the Web

Point Roberts is a 5-square-mile U.S. exclave whose only land connection lies in Canada, which supplies the unincorporated nub of American soil its water and electricity. —Dee-Ann Durbin and Sally Ho, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025

Alameda County pinpointed roads in its unincorporated areas that need to be prioritized for improvements to aid evacuation route planning. —Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025

In 2020, Biden finished two points ahead of Trump in Miami-Dade’s vast unincorporated areas outside of municipal limits. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025

Late last year, such action was taken in Altadena, an unincorporated area where the Eaton fire in January destroyed more than 9,400 homes and buildings and claimed 17 lives. —Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1732, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unincorporated

• ameliorated
• decontaminated
• deoxygenated
• deteriorated
• differentiated
• disarticulated
• excommunicated
• incapacitated
• individuated
• misappropriated
• monounsaturated
• multinucleated