undeveloped

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There are demand-driven capacity crunches in everything from fiber-optic cabling to electric power to water for cooling chip factories to undeveloped land for data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Some neighbors greeted news of the project’s demise with relief, saying the location — a residential area with large swaths of undeveloped land — was inappropriate for a commercial venture.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The effect of radiation on undeveloped film can often be a concern for photographers, with X-ray scanners at airports known to pose a risk of causing damage.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

At the temple shelter, 67-year-old farmer Sok Chork said he settled in Prey Chan in 1980, when the area was landmine-infested and undeveloped.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

The Ekumen could not appeal to these people as a social unit, a mobilizable entity: rather it must speak to their strong though undeveloped sense of humanity, of human unity.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin