unbuilt

adj

unbuilt

adj

Etymology Inherited from Middle English unbilt. By surface analysis, un- + built.

1

Not built.

  • One side of the road was entirely unbuilt on and afforded the prospect of a level meadow where hay was made and real animals grazed in due season.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
  • Yerkes created the GNP&BR [Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway] in 1901 by merging two underground railway companies with unbuilt lines - the Great Northern & Strand Railway and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway.2024 March 6, Stefanie Foster, “The changing face of the Piccadilly...”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 52:

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