virgin territory
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See virgin and territory entries separately.
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virgin territory (usually uncountable, plural virgin territories)
- Land that has never been explored or developed.
- Synonyms: greenfield, virgin field
- (figurative, by extension) Ideas or concepts or activities that have not yet been tried, explored or developed.
- The company had engineered plenty of products, but manufacturing them was virgin territory.