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# undistributed

adjective (undistributed) — formal

«undistributed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Not shared out or given out yet: undistributed money, undistributed food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#m1)
2. (business) Profits kept by a company instead of being paid to the owners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#m2)
3. (logic) A term not covering all members of its group, as in «the undistributed middle», a mistake in reasoning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#m3)

### In the lessons

In formal and maths language, «undistributed» is what is left after sharing: if 50 books are given out of 64, 14 are undistributed. In news, aid or vaccines may stay undistributed because of problems. In logic lessons, the «fallacy of the undistributed middle» is a famous wrong argument.

### Examples

- The charity had 200 undistributed food parcels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#x1)
- Of 64 leaflets, 50 were given out, so 14 remained undistributed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#x2)
- The prize money is still undistributed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#x3)
- Undistributed profits stay in the company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#x4)
- Some medicine stayed undistributed in the warehouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#x5)
- «All cats have legs; all dogs have legs; so all dogs are cats» — the error of the undistributed middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Built from un- + distributed. In maths: undistributed = total − given out. «Distribute» means share out.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «undistributed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undistributed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«undistributed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/undistributed.html) on Mova free.