unbuilt

English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English unbilt. By surface analysis, un- +‎ built.

Adjective

unbuilt (not comparable)

1. Not built.
   • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:

     One side of the road was entirely unbuilt on and afforded the prospect of a level meadow where hay was made and real animals grazed in due season.

   • 2024 March 6, Stefanie Foster, “The changing face of the Piccadilly...”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 52:

     Yerkes created the GNP&BR [Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway] in 1901 by merging two underground railway companies with unbuilt lines - the Great Northern & Strand Railway and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

unbuilt

1. simple past and past participle of unbuild.

Anagrams

• Bintulu, tubulin