untapped

Example Sentences

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Speaking ahead of the manifesto launch, Rhun ap Iorwerth said Wales had "enormous, untapped potential" but had lacked a "government with the ambition and the plan to realise it".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

It’s a massive untapped opportunity for Apple, whose Mac installed base of 260 million units lags far behind the iPhone installed base of 1.5 billion units.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Attention has turned to the relatively untapped Stabroek Block, 120 miles off the coast of Guyana.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Boiling-water reactors have already seen significant power uprates, but many of the more than three dozen pressurized-water reactors still have untapped potential.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

There was no guessing what mineral wealth hid in the soil, untapped because the old ferns, flowers, bushes, and trees had tired themselves to death.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury