unplumbed

adjective

un·​plumbed ˌən-ˈpləmd How to pronounce unplumbed (audio)
1
: not tested with a plumb line
2
a
: not measured with a plumb
b
: not thoroughly explored

Examples of unplumbed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Most unplumbed households in Phoenix are renters, Meehan said, one of the report’s most surprising findings. Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2020 Fohr explores every nuance in her voice, soaring and diving to unplumbed depths against a backdrop of her core band and an orchestra. Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 Existing technologies like magnetometry, which measures magnetic fields from the surface down to a certain (pretty shallow) depth, do a great job with some cases, but leave the depths unplumbed. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2020 Table Mountain, the crag that lords over Cape Town, has unusual aquifers whose depth and abundance of water are still unplumbed. Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 12 June 2018 Trump, his allies, and his kin are guilty of degrading the language of government and politics to a hitherto unplumbed low. Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 5 June 2018 In territory that is, as yet, largely unplumbed by modern scholarship. Laura Bullard, Marie Claire, 1 Mar. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of unplumbed was in 1623

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“Unplumbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unplumbed. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

unplumbed

adjective
un·​plumbed ˌən-ˈpləmd How to pronounce unplumbed (audio)
ˈən-
1
: not tested or measured with a plumb line
2
: not explored completely
many unplumbed areas in science
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