unvested

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adjective

Not vested: not free of contingencies

OriginEnglish vested ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unvested1

adjectiveunvested (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebusinessNot vested: not free of contingencies

    Including unvested stock options, which increase the value of a deal, the companies put the transaction at $4.1 billion.

    2007 May 8, The Associated Press, “Merger Activity Helps Large Companies Close Higher”, in New York Times

unvested2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unvest

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishvested
  9. Englishunvested

From un- + vested.

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APA

unvested. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvested

MLA

“unvested.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvested. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unvested,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvested.

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