unbuilt

adjective un·built \ ˌən-ˈbilt \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Definition of unbuilt

1 : not built : not yet constructed

2 : not built on

an unbuilt plot

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Recent Examples of unbuilt from the Web

The choice is clear -- between a slick bid based on gleaming stadiums in the United States, Mexico and Canada or an ambitious attempt from Morocco based on as-yet largely unbuilt facilities.

— gay jackson, chicagotribune.com, "North America or Morocco for 2026 World Cup - FIFA votes," 12 June 2018
Currently, the city asks builders to maintain 25 feet of unbuilt space in the front of a property, 15 feet in the rear and keep side setbacks to 10% of a lot’s width, between five and 20 feet.

— sara cardine, latimes.com, "LCF Council considers new law to stem tide of setback encroachments," 7 June 2018
Accompanying the client on the drive or flight to the new residence Be Prepared Rome wasn’t unbuilt in a day.

— sandiegouniontribune.com, "Tips for helping your parents downsize and move," 25 Apr. 2018
These artful mini-homes aren’t quite the same thing as the scale models architects craft to give unbuilt structures a sense of physicality.

— liz stinson, Curbed, "People are paying thousands for miniature replicas of their homes," 2 Apr. 2018
The Colburn expansion site, which the school bought in 2016, has been unbuilt for more than half a century, Kardan said.

— jessica gelt, latimes.com, "Frank Gehry tapped to design Colburn School extension and concert hall in downtown L.A.," 14 Mar. 2018
Every development saga also includes its unbuilt alternatives, and the Time Warner Center, with its cool urbanity and high-gloss prisms, and its street-width light well between the two towers, is an immense improvement on what might have been.

— justin davidson, Daily Intelligencer, "The Megamall–Hotel–Condo–Concert Hall That Ate New York City," 10 Jan. 2018
Changing political winds and regional interests can derail progress, leaving steel mills unbuilt and buildings sitting empty.

— rajesh roy, WSJ, "In India, a Big GE Deal Goes Off the Rails," 25 Sep. 2017
The swamp remains undrained, the wall is unbuilt, there is no major infrastructure plan.

— megan mcardle, Bloomberg.com, "Trump’s Second Year Could Be Even Worse," 3 Nov. 2017

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