unapplied

Example Sentences

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It's in the pure or unapplied kind of realm of the sciences that is just exploratory.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025

Largely ignored, as a result, is the daring and unapplied "basic" research on which such teams as A.T.&T.'s Bell Laboratories thrive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Adj. not used &c. v.; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed†, ungathered†, unculled; uncalled for, not required. disused &c. v.; done with.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

A little instruction well given and well applied is worth any amount of "stuff" poorly done and unapplied.

From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph

We are coming to admit the fact now that “pure” language and “pure” mathematics unapplied to actual problems are, for the mass of boys and girls, not only uninteresting but astonishingly unproductive of mental results.

From The Women of Tomorrow by Hard, William