Definition of untapped in US English:
untapped
adjectiveˌənˈtæptˌənˈtapt
(of a resource) not yet exploited or used.
the vast untapped potential of individual women and men
Example sentencesExamples
- Using these search engines is an untapped resource that should not be overlooked.
- Some in the private sector have identified water as the last great untapped natural resource to be exploited for profit.
- You need look no further than page 38 of this magazine for evidence of this untapped resource's potential.
- This implies that the potential of this untapped resource has yet to be fully realised.
- The profession is losing tremendous potential and an untapped market.
- Bulgaria has many untapped resources that could potentially lead to the success of the country.
- With the health and fitness market relatively untapped, this leaves room for aggressive growth potential.
- Behind the uncertainty of the future of the British Grand Prix is motor racing's desire to exploit untapped markets, notably in China.
- The Middle East is an untapped resource of potential MTV converts and the US wants in.
- Zambia has no reason to be poor since the country is endowed with natural resources - still untapped.
- A bee that manages to jimmy open a mistletoe bud gets first access to an untapped store.
- Until only a few years ago, Sudan's oil reserves represented no more than untapped potential.
- The Fool represents the untapped potential in all of us.
- There are 85 million Americans in their forties who represent an untapped market for classic soul.
- With the arrival of the railroad, the logging industry was able to exploit the region's untapped timber wealth.
- Academic physics can exploit the untapped resource of its alumnae and alumni in many ways.
- It is an untapped market potentially worth millions.
- Namibia is a country full of resources and untapped human potential.
- Our trans-Tasman neighbour New Zealand would seem to be a logical and possibly almost untapped market.
- Aceh is believed to have a huge amount of untapped gas resources.
Synonyms
dormant, quiescent, inactive, unused