unimplemented
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈɪmplɪˌmɛntɪd/
- Specialized
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no implementado
- Therefore, the various environmental laws that have been passed remain largely unimplemented.
- an unimplemented plan
- an unimplemented promise
Examples
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The new feature is still unimplemented, causing frustration among users waiting for updates.
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The problem of feral pigs has reached sufficient gravity to suggest plans, as yet unimplemented, to fence the entire monument (Leighty 1987).
Academic text (1994) -
It explains why we have so much security theater that doesn't work, and why so many smart security solutions go unimplemented.
Blog text (11) -
Levying a substantial surcharge on landfilled solid waste is an important but unimplemented component of the Michigan plan.
Academic text (1994) -
Direct political negotiations between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, or SPLM-N, are based on the unimplemented June 28, 2011 agreement between the Sudanese government and the SPLM-N.
Blog text (12) -
This widespread propensity for delay and the half-hearted (often symbolic) or unimplemented responses give little cause for optimism that existing national policies, programs, and institutions will prove adequate to the task of accommodating mounting environmental change in the decades to come.
Academic text (1996) -
Due to budget cuts, many proposed projects remain unimplemented, leaving the community with fewer resources.
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We discussed several strategies, but many of them are currently unimplemented and need further planning.
Synonyms
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2.7
Not complete and still needing work
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3.4
Not finished because some parts or steps are missing
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4.4
Not completed, for example an order not yet sent to a customer
Not yet officially put into use
Not done or carried out, often not shown to people
Not carried out or finished, for example a contract not signed
Not finished and still needing more work
Not finished or decided yet
How Implemented
Surface Forms
Morphology
unimplemented = implemented (transparent) = un + implement + ed
Formed by adding the negation prefix 'un-' to 'implemented' (implement + -ed), so the meaning 'not put into effect' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Unimplemented is built from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb implement meaning 'to put into action' or 'to make something work'. So unimplemented means 'not put into action' or 'not made to work yet', which is why we use it for plans or software features that are still not in place.