unprospected

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unprospected

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From un- + prospected.

adjective

not comparable Not having been prospected. In February, for example, the Interior Department awarded Royal Dutch Shell the right to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern shore of Alaska, a heretofore unprospected patch of marine habitat and prime walrus fishing ground.

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@misc{unprospected_2026,
  title = {unprospected},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unprospected},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}