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untapped

British  
/ ʌnˈtæpt /

adjective

  1. not yet used

    previously untapped resources

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Much of the region, however, remains "untapped" but recording games creates opportunities.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The carmaker also has untapped cost-saving opportunities and there is credible evidence its research and development spend has peaked, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Sources told my colleagues that the price was $4 billion, which would be a baseball record and speaks to the Halos’ untapped potential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

And there is untapped power in that consensus.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

People with first mortgages had vast amounts of equity locked up in their houses; why shouldn’t this untapped equity, too, be securitized?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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