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Unimproved definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNIMPROVED, a.
1. Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners or excellence.
2. Not used for a valuable purpose. How many advantages unimproved have we to regret!
3. Not used; not employed.
4. Not tilled; not cultivated; as unimproved land or soil; unimproved lots of ground.
5. Uncensured; not disapproved. [This sense, from the L. improbo, is entirely obsolete.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing; "taxes on unimproved land are low"; "unimproved dirt roads" [ant: improved]
2: (of land) not cleared of trees and brush; in the wild or natural state; "a farm with 50 acres of unimproved and 68 acres of improved land"; "unimproved woodlands"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1602 obsolete not reproved or admonished II. adjective Date: 1665 not improved: as a. not tilled, built on, or otherwise improved for use <unimproved land> b. not used or employed advantageously <unimproved opportunities> c. not selectively bred for better quality or productiveness

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not made better. 2 not made use of. 3 (of land) not used for agriculture or building; not developed.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unimproved Un`im*proved", a. 1. Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence. 2. Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings. --Cowper. 3. Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Untaught, untutored, unenlightened, uneducated, undeveloped. 2. Unused, unemployed. 3. Uncultivated, untilled, unoccupied.