unproduced

adjective

un·​pro·​duced ˌən-prə-ˈdüst How to pronounce unproduced (audio)
-prō-,
-ˈdyüst
: not produced
especially : not made into a dramatic or theatrical production
an unproduced play/script/screenplay

Examples of unproduced in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The show’s cast and exec producers will reunite to read unproduced scripts on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the TV Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024 Franklin Leonard’s the Black List, a platform that highlights the best unproduced scripts for film, television and theater, is expanding into the world of fiction. Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 To be sure, most filmmakers have an archive full of unproduced scripts and unrealized ideas, but the combination of Varda’s unusual methods and her audacious subjects posed additional obstacles. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024 Its oneiric nature can’t be reduced to its unproduced TV pilot origins (complete with unexplored narrative threads restructured as suggestive visions), or to Mary Sweeney’s hazy dissolves and Peter Deming’s eerily soft photography, or to the myriad performances that literally feel offbeat. Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unproduced 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1513, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unproduced was circa 1513

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“Unproduced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unproduced. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.

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