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unvested en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English vested English unvested From un- + vested.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not 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:

unvested en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of unvest
   form of unvest