untapped

/ ʌnˈtæpt /

adjective

1. not yet used

   previously untapped resources

Example Sentences

The magazine behind the award has now agreed to replace it with a more positive alternative which recognises untapped potential and community spirit.

From BBC

And in the case of abandoning mRNA vaccine research, it may lead to lives needlessly lost, whether due to potential medicines untapped or to pandemic unpreparedness.

From Salon

Badenoch said it was "absurd" the UK was leaving "vital resources untapped" while "neighbours like Norway extracted them from the same sea bed".

From BBC

Washington has pushed for greater access to India's farm sector for years, seeing it as a major untapped market.

From BBC

The same company is also trying to get approval to develop Australia's biggest untapped gas reserves in the Browse Basin, further up the coast.

From BBC

Related Words

• inaugural 
• introductory