unrealized potential

• untappedNot yet utilized
• dormantInactive but capable
• latentPresent but inactive
• hiddenKept out of sight
• wastedUsed without good result

squandered · promise · talent · gifted · prodigy · might-have-been · seeds · buried · sleeping · raw · unfinished · abandoned · neglected · fallow · stunted · bloom · chrysalis · cocoon

• regretswhat if, hindsight, second thoughts, wrong choice, squandered
• sleeping giantsdormant volcano