unbuiltadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbɪlt/, U.S. /ˌənˈbɪlt/ 1.
a. Not (yet) built or erected.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective] > built > not
unbuilt1455
unbigged1496
unbuilded1519
1455–6 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 290 Yf yt be unbylyt aftyr the fyrst yere..than the Mayre..shold require hym to repeyre hit.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 48 Theare picht he his kingdoom, for then Troy cittye was vnbuylt, And castels stood not.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. 63 Tuisco, Gomers sonne, from vnbuilt Babell brought His people to that place.
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 5 The Rhodian Colossus had been lost;..the Egyptian Pyramids unbuilt.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. iv. 112 As I have given some unbuilt designs of modern architects.
b. Made without building.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > natural or formed by nature
wildc1175
naturalc1450
spontaneous1732
unbuilt1882
1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 48 Elijah hid himself in an unbuilt chamber in the rock.
2. Of land: Not occupied with buildings; not built on or upon.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > country as opposed to town > [adjective] > without buildings, houses, etc.
rooflessOE
unbuilded1519
unbigged1555
unhoused1582
unbuilt1631
dwellingless1882
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 607 All which he pulled downe,..leauing the ground vnbuilt for a Cemitery or Churchyard.
1819 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 378 Such part of their unbuilt land as will be sufficient for a Public Market.
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 66 Scarcely in any other district so open and unbuilt on, would you find the agriculturist so completely subdued.
1893 A. Cawston Street Improv. London 124 In the as yet unbuilt parts grounds are to be reserved.
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