unprospected

English

Etymology

un- +‎ prospected

Adjective

unprospected (not comparable)

1. Not having been prospected.
   • 2008 May 20, Natalie Angier, “Ice Dwellers Are Finding Less Ice to Dwell On”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In February, for example, the Interior Department awarded Royal Dutch Shell the right to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern shore of Alaska, a heretofore unprospected patch of marine habitat and prime walrus fishing ground.