applied
adjective
having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical,opposed to pure).
unapplied
-
a word derived from
applied.
Example Sentences
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It's in the pure or unapplied kind of realm of the sciences that is just exploratory.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025
Largely ignored, as a result, is the daring and unapplied "basic" research on which such teams as A.T.&T.'s Bell Laboratories thrive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Any unapplied residue of the said moiety shall be applied by the Governors in augmenting the value of the Giggleswick and other Exhibitions herein-after mentioned.
From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell
Would you give up the contest leaving any available means unapplied?
From The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay
We are coming to admit the fact now that “pure” language and “pure” mathematics unapplied to actual problems are, for the mass of boys and girls, not only uninteresting but astonishingly unproductive of mental results.
From The Women of Tomorrow by William Hard
