1
: not built : not yet constructed
2
: not built on
an unbuilt plot
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Tower Two remains unbuilt; Silverstein has commissioned three designs, from Foster + Partners, then from Bjarke Ingels Group, and finally another one from Foster, but tenants have been reluctant to sign on.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2024
In construction, homes would go unbuilt, causing housing prices, already painfully high, to soar.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
The survey includes several properties where development projects were planned but have yet to occur, leaving sites blighted and unbuilt.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
Unemployed urban workers and angry buyers of unbuilt apartments would threaten social and political stability.
—Brad Setser, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2022
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2024
In construction, homes would go unbuilt, causing housing prices, already painfully high, to soar.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
The survey includes several properties where development projects were planned but have yet to occur, leaving sites blighted and unbuilt.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
Unemployed urban workers and angry buyers of unbuilt apartments would threaten social and political stability.
—Brad Setser, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2022
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“Unbuilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbuilt. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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unbuilt
adjective
un·built
ˌən-ˈbilt 
1
: not yet built
an unbuilt house
2
: not built on
an unbuilt plot
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