undeveloped

Example Sentences

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The color is murky, the composition undeveloped, the foreground possibilities unutilized; often some element in the middle or remote distance is rendered in devoted detail to the disparagement of everything else.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The new Rokos School of Government is to be built on undeveloped land in the Cambridge West Innovation District, close to the university's science and technology departments.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

We also own an undeveloped adjoining lot worth $80,000.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

It was one of the last major undeveloped wetlands in Southern California and a breeding and feeding site for 370 bird species, along with fish, reptiles, rabbits, foxes, coyotes and other animals.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

It was not, as I have already said, as blatant or extreme as in the originals; but it was there, nevertheless, like an undeveloped negative.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright