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as in underdeveloped
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as in uncultivated
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Recent Examples of undeveloped
So much of the state is undeveloped, and that has allowed nature to be still and simply continue to live.
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Erin Austen Abbott, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
If approved, the tower would be constructed on an undeveloped hilltop just west of Twelve Bridges Elementary School and Twelve Bridges Park.
—Conor McGill, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
One of the largest remaining pieces of undeveloped private property in Santa Clara County, the ranch is home to mountain lions, bald eagles and steelhead trout.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
But wide expanses of undeveloped land offer developers the chance to build new subdivisions — prime real estate for new home buyers.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
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Erin Austen Abbott, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
If approved, the tower would be constructed on an undeveloped hilltop just west of Twelve Bridges Elementary School and Twelve Bridges Park.
—Conor McGill, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
One of the largest remaining pieces of undeveloped private property in Santa Clara County, the ranch is home to mountain lions, bald eagles and steelhead trout.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
But wide expanses of undeveloped land offer developers the chance to build new subdivisions — prime real estate for new home buyers.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeveloped
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Charlie, home to care for his ailing father after having emigrated to the States some years before, is likewise underdeveloped beyond that circumstantial detail.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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This is a people skill — underdeveloped in the age of screens and AI, but as important as ever.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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Down these uncultivated paths, Horace’s Lydia, Tibullus’s Delia, and Ovid’s Corinna had passed, but only Virgil’s Philomela remained.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The continent is home to 60% of the planet’s uncultivated arable land that is capable of sequestering immense amounts of carbon—yet only 16% of the global carbon credits market.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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And the Patriots would have lost that AFC Championship Game if Nix’s backup, Jarrett Stidham, had taken a sack rather than trying some weird, backward shot-put throw.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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As Malinin comes out of his spin, his backward boot strikes the ice with a landing force between five and eight times his body weight, or upwards of 700 pounds.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026
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Practical Information The drive, which is surrounded by wilderness, is even more untamed in the winter.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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What unites these journeys is access to remote landscapes, rare wildlife and a region that still feels profoundly untamed.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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If an area is badly overgrown with weeds, an alternative to manual removal is to lay down mulch or cardboard in early spring, which suppresses weed growth.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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Then, Rick Owens turned the cut into overgrown lashes and pastel hairpieces directed by digital artist Bernardo Martins (and styled by Duffy).—
Essence,
Essence,
30 Jan. 2026
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Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Dec. 2025
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For more than two centuries, such burial grounds, especially those in the former American slave states, have often been erased or obscured – paved over by parking lots, built upon by highways or private development, or simply left unknown and untended.—
Joanna Gilmore,
The Conversation,
29 Oct. 2025
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With nowhere to go but up, writers and artists were engaged in collective, spontaneous creation.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Apparently, to the extent possible, Newsom likes to be spontaneous.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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Jamian Juliano-Villani—whose civilian alter ego is that of a thirty-nine-year-old wild-child blue-chip airbrush artist of freaky, funny, referential mashups (Elvis, SpaghettiOs, Kissinger), and whose paintings are in the collections of the Whitney and the Guggenheim—has a solid one.—
Emma Allen,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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And from that fire has emerged a versatile forward with wild upside on both ends of the floor, an unlikely candidate to play a steady role on a veteran team with deep playoff aspirations.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Undeveloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeveloped. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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