undeveloped
adjective
un·de·vel·oped
ˌən-di-ˈve-ləpt 
-dē-
: not developed : lacking in development
undeveloped natural resources
undeveloped potential
undeveloped film
undeveloped seeds
: such as
a
: not used for building, farming, industry, etc.
undeveloped land
an area of undeveloped wilderness
b
: having a relatively low level of industrialization and standard of living
undeveloped countries/nations
Examples of undeveloped in a Sentence
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Black explained that Tustin has little undeveloped land, so most people who move there buy older homes and fix them up, increasing property values.
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Answer: If owners of real property such as a home, an office building, or undeveloped land can’t agree on whether or not to sell the real property, a partition lawsuit to sell the property should be filed.
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
The city of Elk Grove and the Sacramento Zoological Society since 2021 have been exploring moving the Sacramento Zoo, located for almost a century at William Land Regional Park, to an undeveloped site in south Elk Grove at Kammerer Road and Lotz Parkway.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
There is a basement with laundry (there are also laundry hookups in a closet on the top floor) and an undeveloped attic space for storage or future living space.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
The lift station and sewer improvements project will extend sewer availability to undeveloped land on the west side of town and be a centralized sewage system, said Daniel Ellis, the city engineer.
—Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 23 Mar. 2024
The tennis center is one of several undeveloped or underdeveloped pieces of property around the Plaza that would provide opportunities for adding the density Platt’s talking about.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Stone’s Bella begins as an an undeveloped human whose brain has been transplanted into the body of a woman.
—Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
But Glass pressed the action into the sensational tropes of horror and left the characters and the subject undeveloped.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Answer: If owners of real property such as a home, an office building, or undeveloped land can’t agree on whether or not to sell the real property, a partition lawsuit to sell the property should be filed.
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
The city of Elk Grove and the Sacramento Zoological Society since 2021 have been exploring moving the Sacramento Zoo, located for almost a century at William Land Regional Park, to an undeveloped site in south Elk Grove at Kammerer Road and Lotz Parkway.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
There is a basement with laundry (there are also laundry hookups in a closet on the top floor) and an undeveloped attic space for storage or future living space.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
The lift station and sewer improvements project will extend sewer availability to undeveloped land on the west side of town and be a centralized sewage system, said Daniel Ellis, the city engineer.
—Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 23 Mar. 2024
The tennis center is one of several undeveloped or underdeveloped pieces of property around the Plaza that would provide opportunities for adding the density Platt’s talking about.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Stone’s Bella begins as an an undeveloped human whose brain has been transplanted into the body of a woman.
—Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
But Glass pressed the action into the sensational tropes of horror and left the characters and the subject undeveloped.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
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undeveloped
adjective
un·de·vel·oped
ˌən-di-ˈvel-əpt
: lacking in development : not developed
physiologically undeveloped
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