1
: not built : not yet constructed
2
: not built on
an unbuilt plot
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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.
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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
Three properties remain for sale: two move-in ready houses and a much larger lot for a house, as yet unbuilt, that can be customized by the buyers and ready to occupy in the fall.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Nonetheless, the unbuilt residence in Paradise Valley has been put on the market for a whopping $29 million.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
The unbuilt mansions, valued at $35 million apiece, resulted in $161 million being added to Trump’s net worth annually for several years.
—Erik Larson, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
The project remains unbuilt on one of the area’s last large undeveloped coastal properties.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2023
As apartments went unbuilt, fed up home buyers across China refused to make further payments at hundreds of properties last year, according to one crowdsourced list.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
Hobbs also noted that about 80,000 unbuilt lots already are approved and can go forward.
—Brandon Loomis, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
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
Three properties remain for sale: two move-in ready houses and a much larger lot for a house, as yet unbuilt, that can be customized by the buyers and ready to occupy in the fall.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Nonetheless, the unbuilt residence in Paradise Valley has been put on the market for a whopping $29 million.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
The unbuilt mansions, valued at $35 million apiece, resulted in $161 million being added to Trump’s net worth annually for several years.
—Erik Larson, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
The project remains unbuilt on one of the area’s last large undeveloped coastal properties.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2023
As apartments went unbuilt, fed up home buyers across China refused to make further payments at hundreds of properties last year, according to one crowdsourced list.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
Hobbs also noted that about 80,000 unbuilt lots already are approved and can go forward.
—Brandon Loomis, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
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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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