undrilled
- adjective
- /ʌnˈdrɪld/
- The team entered the undrilled area to assess its potential for new resources.
Examples
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I still contend the most profitable player in the Eagle Ford was Petrohawk, which sold their undrilled acreage for $12 billion and walked away with a big smile on their faces.
Blog text (14) -
Maybe NG will rise high enough in 4 or 5 years, but it will be too late for XOM to monetize much of those undrilled XTO assets, IMHO.
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She decided to explore the undrilled section of the training program to improve her skills.
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They found that the undrilled field could lead to new discoveries in agriculture.
Synonyms
Not ready for something because the things you need or a plan are missing
Having no teaching or practice to do a task well
Not planned or practiced before
Not tested or used before
A person who has no formal education
Having no formal schooling or lessons
Not experienced at doing something
A person who has little experience in a job or activity
A person or group who does not have enough skills for a job
Inexperienced and not fully trained, often a young person or group
Not yet tested in a difficult or dangerous activity
A person not yet tested in a job or activity
Someone who has no training or basic knowledge about a subject
Not brought to a good level of skill
Not used in physical activity so muscles become weak
Antonyms
How Trained
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undrilled starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from drill, a common word for a tool that makes holes and for a repeated exercise you do to learn something. So, undrilled means 'not practiced' or 'not prepared' through training.