How to Use untapped in a Sentence

untapped

adjective
Definition of untappednext
  • Sukhoi Log mine, thought to be one of the biggest untapped gold mines in the world.
    — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • But there’s so much more untapped talent that needs to be reached.
    — Andrew Beers, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • As Jiao sees it, cities are a huge untapped market for AI.
    — Nick Rockel, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • That leaves 93% of the world untapped and unrelatable to you.
    — Stacey O'Byrne, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The untapped market is in mom-and-pop restaurants, which make up 40% of the restaurant industry in the U.S.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • Last month, the British government gave the go-ahead to develop Rosebank, the largest untapped oil-and-gas field in the North Sea.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
  • That means the marketers are back in the hunt, searching for new pools of untapped listeners.
    — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2022
  • With the 2023 Ram Rampage launching in Brazil, there are clues the new small truck could come to our shores and help the brand cash in on an untapped segment.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023
  • Texas was the state with the most untapped potential, 7.8 million acre-feet of urban area runoff each year.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The figures might not add up now, but the amount of untapped energy available ought to be hard to ignore.
    — WIRED, 26 Oct. 2022
  • But the games rarely got play on the biggest platforms, so the untapped potential could never be met.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
  • With his newfound free time, the father of two vowed to acquire an untapped skill every week.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
  • That said, some funds may already be available–just untapped.
    — Tim Requarth, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Worsham’s 6-foot, 185-pound frame and untapped skill set could give a boost to the unit that’s returning five receivers who caught a pass last year.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 4 May 2022
  • And the home games against Tigres, Cruz Azul and similar clubs over the years suggest there’s an untapped market in Utah.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Stroud is 7-1 as a starter and has flashed plenty of potential yet untapped, but nobody cares about that.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Space is a refuge, a frontier, or an untapped market; Earth must be saved, or escaped, or writ large across the cosmos.
    — New York Times, 7 Oct. 2021
  • There could be untapped potential there for the Red Raiders if their other options do not work out.
    — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Claude Gilbert always thought Colorado was an untapped oil well.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022
  • In the past decade, Naas says, watch brands have realized that women are an untapped market.
    — Jessica Iredale, WSJ, 17 June 2021
  • For streaming services looking to grab a foothold in what remains the world’s last untapped market, Africa is a long play.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
  • This has allowed the alkali flies—also known as brine flies—to make use of an untapped resource.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2024
  • His fingers are on the laces, gripping untapped potential with the understanding that the wrong move can lead it to burst.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Television rights payments went through the roof and untapped markets opened up around the planet.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2021
  • My Yale-to-Lincoln Tech path has reaffirmed my belief in the untapped potential of skilled trades.
    — Darnell Epps, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
  • And the mad rush to extract this untapped store of energy changed everything.
    — J.j. Anselmi, The New Republic, 21 Dec. 2020
  • For academics who study the everyday actions of police, the videos are an ocean of untapped data.
    — Martin Kaste, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The market for tactical rifles, such as the AR-15, was still largely untapped.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The goal was twofold: to sell to an untapped audience and to encourage little girls to take an interest in STEM fields.
    — Mary Kenney, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Dec. 2022
  • There is something about female rage that feels incredibly raw and untapped.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'untapped.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: