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

"However delightful any scientific pursuit may be, yet, if it should be wholly unapplied, it is of no more use than building castles in the air."

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

This is true of many New England neighbourhoods and of the whole Cumberland Mountain region, and it is in response to a demand for direction of unapplied advantages that this book is written.

From How to make rugs by Wheeler, Candace

The “power of the Lord” had not been absent; but it had remained unapplied.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis