1
: not built : not yet constructed
2
: not built on
an unbuilt plot
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The survey includes several properties where development projects were planned but have yet to occur, leaving sites blighted and unbuilt.
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George Avalos, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
Unemployed urban workers and angry buyers of unbuilt apartments would threaten social and political stability.
—Brad Setser, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2022
The bowl’s hemisphere can summon to mind the 18th-century French architect Étienne-Louis Boullée’s famous unbuilt monument to Newton, a textbook example of Enlightenment idealism.
—Michael Kimmelman Clement Pascal, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Renderings of the unbuilt townhouses are available on West Fork’s website.
—The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2024
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George Avalos, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
Unemployed urban workers and angry buyers of unbuilt apartments would threaten social and political stability.
—Brad Setser, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2022
The bowl’s hemisphere can summon to mind the 18th-century French architect Étienne-Louis Boullée’s famous unbuilt monument to Newton, a textbook example of Enlightenment idealism.
—Michael Kimmelman Clement Pascal, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Renderings of the unbuilt townhouses are available on West Fork’s website.
—The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Unbuilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbuilt. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.
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unbuilt
adjective
un·built
ˌən-ˈbilt 
1
: not yet built
an unbuilt house
2
: not built on
an unbuilt plot
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