How to Use unowned in a Sentence
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Talent leaves when the gap feels dishonest and unowned, not simply when budgets are tight.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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What’s more, the cost of unowned quality tends to eventually reach the customer.
—Jay Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
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What’s unowned in you becomes costly in the system, and that margin of unowned impact is no longer acceptable in 2026.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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Left unowned, the question still gets answered, usually badly, with a slide full of activity metrics that describe motion rather than money.
—David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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So the purchase consisted of $443 million for the unowned portion and up to $221 million upon reaching certain regulatory milestones.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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