virgin territory

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

See virgin and territory entries separately.

Noun[edit]

virgin territory (usually uncountable, plural virgin territories)

  1. Land that has never been explored or developed.
    Synonyms: greenfield, virgin field
  2. (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.

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