1
: not subjected to tapping
an untapped keg
2
: not drawn upon or utilized
as yet untapped markets
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Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
There is a lot of untapped potential with geothermal
Boise's system is only used for heat because the warm water in the geothermal aquifer beneath this city of 230,000 is below the boiling point.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 8 May 2024
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untapped
adjective
un·tapped
ˌən-ˈtapt 
1
: not tapped
an untapped keg
2
: not drawn upon or used
as yet untapped markets
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