unexploited

adjective

un·​ex·​ploit·​ed ˌən-ik-ˈsplȯi-təd How to pronounce unexploited (audio)
: not exploited or developed : not taken advantage of
unexploited resources

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In early 2024, the kingdom’s ministry of industry and mineral resources increased its estimate of the value of its unexploited mineral resources from $1.3 trillion to $2.5 trillion, boosted by the discovery of the aforementioned elements and metals. Natasha Turak, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025 Canada is a natural resource superpower, and this fact would become part of the U.S. Second, Canada has vast unexploited potential, which would further boost U.S. GDP and GDP per capita over the medium-term. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Meanwhile, Argentina has some of the largest shale oil and gas reserves in the world, much of it unexploited. José R. Cárdenas, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2017 At his disposal is a wealth of unexploited IP (at least in parks and cruise lines) and more than 1,000 acres of land available for development across the company’s six resorts. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unexploited 

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unexploited was in 1888

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“Unexploited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexploited. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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