unapplied

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It's in the pure or unapplied kind of realm of the sciences that is just exploratory.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025

Largely ignored, as a result, is the daring and unapplied "basic" research on which such teams as A.T.&T.'s Bell Laboratories thrive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every succeeding theorem, formula, or equation was another puzzle in a subject which seemed to be composed of a series of difficult, unrelated, and unapplied mathematical proofs.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul

"However delightful any scientific pursuit may be, yet, if it should be wholly unapplied, it is of no more use than building castles in the air."

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The worker in our modern world is the subject of innumerable unapplied doctrines.

From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by Russell, George William