: not improved: such as
a
: not tilled, built on, or otherwise improved for use
unimproved land
b
: not used or employed advantageously
unimproved opportunities
c
: not selectively bred for better quality or productiveness
Examples of unimproved in a Sentence
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Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
The Nichols Street Pier, located at the unimproved intersection of Nichols Street and San Antonio, is one of five piers known as the La Playa Piers.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
Since the volume of funding is generated by vehicles using the roads, priority for maintenance and repairs should be given to those used the most over other uses such as paving unimproved streets or additional bike lanes.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
In that instance, the helicopter had flown out of the Marine base in Twentynine Palms to practice landings in unimproved zones.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
Advertisement The new survey is also an opportunity for the city to begin tackling 62 miles of unimproved roads that were recently added to the city’s streets network.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
Certain annoyances seem perpetually unimproved, with tape measuring falling into that category, until now.
—Kathy Barr, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
Another issue: The closing of the crossing has forced truck traffic heading to the Joppa side of the train yard over the vehicular bridge and into the heart of the community, chewing up unimproved roads and creating noise and environmental pollution.
—Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
In the Northeast, where flood control and drainage systems have been left unimproved for decades (seawalls were raised after Hurricane Sandy but steps to address massive rainfall were not taken), flooding became the major threat and the main source of fatalities.
—Sadek Wahba, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
Adjective
The grounds are maintained but otherwise unimproved and ripe for a savvy landscape designer.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
The Nichols Street Pier, located at the unimproved intersection of Nichols Street and San Antonio, is one of five piers known as the La Playa Piers.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
Since the volume of funding is generated by vehicles using the roads, priority for maintenance and repairs should be given to those used the most over other uses such as paving unimproved streets or additional bike lanes.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
In that instance, the helicopter had flown out of the Marine base in Twentynine Palms to practice landings in unimproved zones.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
Advertisement The new survey is also an opportunity for the city to begin tackling 62 miles of unimproved roads that were recently added to the city’s streets network.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
Certain annoyances seem perpetually unimproved, with tape measuring falling into that category, until now.
—Kathy Barr, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
Another issue: The closing of the crossing has forced truck traffic heading to the Joppa side of the train yard over the vehicular bridge and into the heart of the community, chewing up unimproved roads and creating noise and environmental pollution.
—Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
In the Northeast, where flood control and drainage systems have been left unimproved for decades (seawalls were raised after Hurricane Sandy but steps to address massive rainfall were not taken), flooding became the major threat and the main source of fatalities.
—Sadek Wahba, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
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“Unimproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimproved. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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