unimproved

Example Sentences

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His skepticism of “improved means to an unimproved end”—which essentially alleged that, as life got faster, it didn’t necessarily get better—resonated with laborers watching their jobs vanish in the face of industrialization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

However, Plantlife said violet coral was usually found in "unimproved grassland", with pink waxcap more often seen in western Britain, particularly in Wales on sheep-grazed acid grassland.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

“It involves building new infrastructure on unimproved land.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Workers in the buildings with good ventilation and lower levels of indoor pollution scored 26.4% higher than those in the unimproved buildings.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 5, 2021

Hominy Ridge was nothing but an out-of-date, unimproved, one-room country schoolhouse in the backwoodsiest corner of Indiana.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck