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

In the dusty spider webs hung caught at present unused moments, kind words that were never spoken, consolation that was never expressed, encouragement, consideration, and happiness that were allowed to pass unclaimed and unapplied.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

One second-rate book of such observations, with special reference to Ireland, were worth many greater performances unapplied to the means and need of our country.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)