1
: not subjected to tapping
an untapped keg
2
: not drawn upon or utilized
as yet untapped markets
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On paper, the younger Jurich would seem an unlikely candidate to execute a college basketball MTE in a previously untapped international market.
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The relaunch of dialogue may signal that both governments see untapped potential—and strategic value—in tightening an energy relationship that had been left to drift.
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Greenland also possesses vast, largely untapped mineral reserves, including rare earths critical to advanced technology and military systems.
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Together with its other untapped resources, this presents yet another attractive trait to any suitor in pursuit of technological and industrial preeminence.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The relaunch of dialogue may signal that both governments see untapped potential—and strategic value—in tightening an energy relationship that had been left to drift.
—Jordan Erb, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
Greenland also possesses vast, largely untapped mineral reserves, including rare earths critical to advanced technology and military systems.
—Paul McCarthy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Together with its other untapped resources, this presents yet another attractive trait to any suitor in pursuit of technological and industrial preeminence.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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untapped
adjective
un·tapped
ˌən-ˈtapt 
1
: not tapped
an untapped keg
2
: not drawn upon or used
as yet untapped markets
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