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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tapped English untapped From un- + tapped.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not tapped; not drawn on in terms of resources.
The author kindly welcomes notification of any terms overlooked, any antedatings of earliest attestations, and any untapped sources that may prove to be productive.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 18:If 90% (often quoted) of the UK public don't use trains regularly, there is a huge untapped potential market for securing extra passengers.
2022 April 6, “Open Access: Fewer, longer trains”, in RAIL, number 954, page 64:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| untapt | alternative, obsolete, rare | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fa دستنخورده (not tapped) · nl onaangesproken (not tapped) · fr inexploité (not tapped) · no utappet (not tapped)