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Definition of "unobligated" [unobligated]

  • Not obligated (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "unobligated" in a sentence
  • "But, as of September 30, some $2 billion earmarked for Iraq reconstruction that currently remains "unobligated" - money appropriated by Congress in the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds that has not yet been assigned to specific projects - will revert back to the U.S."
  • "Sen. John Thune, R-S. D., had proposed paying for an earlier (and costlier) iteration of the bill by rescinding $38 billion in "unobligated" stimulus money and imposing an across-the-board cut of 5 percent on non-defense government agencies."
  • "The statute that allows OPM wide range to conduct and classify its business as it sees fit also characterizes the revolving fund as a mandatory reimbursable, stating, "Any unobligated and unexpended balances in the fund which the Office determines to be in excess of amounts needed for activities financed by the fund shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.""