unimplemented

Still just plans

Unimplemented describes something that has been planned or specified but not yet put into action or built.

The term appears most often in software development, where an unimplemented feature exists in documentation or design but lacks actual code: The function throws an error because it's still unimplemented.

More broadly, any policy, plan, or proposal that remains on paper rather than in practice is unimplemented.

plan

unrealized

Not made actual

draft · concept · vision · intention · shelved · abandoned · theoretical · untested · unapplied · idle

software

feature

Distinguishing quality or element

prototype · stub · placeholder · pending · roadmap · specification · requirement · beta · development · milestone

Opposites
implementation status

unimplementedimplemented

Put into effect

built · realized · deployed · executed · completed

Family

implement, implements, implementation, implemented, implementing, implementer

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