Meanings
untapped1
alternative obsolete rare untapt
- not comparableNot tapped; not drawn on in terms of resources.
If 90% (often quoted) of the UK public don't use trains regularly, there is a huge untapped potential market for securing extra passengers.
2022 April 6, “Open Access: Fewer, longer trains”, in RAIL, number 954, page 641 more example
The author kindly welcomes notification of any terms overlooked, any antedatings of earliest attestations, and any untapped sources that may prove to be productive.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 18
untapped2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of untap
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot subjected to tapping
adjectivenot drawn upon or used
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishtapped
- Englishuntapped
Translations
Dutch onaangesproken
- onaangesprokennot tapped
French inexploité
- inexploiténot tapped
Norwegian utappet
- utappetnot tapped
Persian دستنخورده
- دستنخورده (dast-naxorde)not tapped
Cite this entry
untapped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untapped
“untapped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untapped. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untapped,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untapped.
Source: untapped on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.