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unproduced

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[uhn-pruh-doost] / ˌʌn prəˈdust /

adjective

  1. not created, made, or brought forth.

  2. (of drama, film, etc.) not yet presented, performed, or made public.

  3. Informal. (of music, drama, film, etc.) lacking professional production.


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After it topped the Black List of industry-favorite unproduced screenplays over a decade ago, the film entered production in 2013 before falling apart and sitting in purgatory for years after.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

After college, Mr. Camp dabbled in advertising at the Houston office of McCann Erickson and then at Norsworthy‐Mercer, an agency in Dallas, while writing unproduced sitcom scripts on the side.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Keri Collins - the movie's Welsh writer - even won a recent prestigious accolade for its unproduced screenplay.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

“I wrote an unproduced ‘Star Wars’ movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2023

Cleanthes, a disciple of ZENO, regarded the Universe as God, or as the unproduced and universal cause of all effects produced.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

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