1
: not subjected to tapping
an untapped keg
2
: not drawn upon or utilized
as yet untapped markets
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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With mining now technically feasible, the U.S. and other industrialized nations rushed to explore these vast, untapped mineral reserves.
—Time, 17 June 2025
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
In the postwar boom, marketers discovered that teenagers, once just smaller versions of their parents, were suddenly an untapped gold mine: flush with allowance money, free time, and a hunger to define themselves against Mom and Dad's polite swing records.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
The ticketing picture starkly shows the untapped market the Valkyries have reached.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025
With mining now technically feasible, the U.S. and other industrialized nations rushed to explore these vast, untapped mineral reserves.
—Time, 17 June 2025
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“Untapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untapped. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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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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