Unimproved
[ʌnim'pru:vd]
Definition
(adj.) not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing; 'taxes on unimproved land are low'; 'unimproved dirt roads' .
(adj.) (of land) not cleared of trees and brush; in the wild or natural state; 'a farm with 50 acres of unimproved and 68 acres of improved land'; 'unimproved woodlands' .
Checker: Maisie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.
(a.) Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings.
(a.) Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil.
Checked by Janice
Definition
adj. not improved made better or cultivated cleared or built upon: not used unemployed inactive.
Editor: Rosalie
Examples
- But the taxation of unimproved property happens at the same time to be a splendid weapon against the slum. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In its rude beginnings, the unimproved wilds, which then occupy the far greater part of the country, are all abandoned to cattle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As plainly as she sees on her arm the old father, unimproved, Pleasant sees that everybody there will cut him when he recovers consciousness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To own to the partial truth of what he had heard would be distressing as long as the humiliating position resulting from the event was unimproved. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I came out, my morals unimproved, my hatred to my oppressors encreased tenfold. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- By the extension, besides, of cultivation, the unimproved wilds become insufficient to supply the demand for butcher's meat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Rosalie