notyetrealized

Notyetrealized is a term used to describe a state of possibility that has not yet become actual. It is applied to plans, ideas, or conditions that could occur but have not yet occurred or been realized. The phrase emphasizes the future-oriented boundary between potential and actuality rather than the present or past.

The expression is not anchored to a single discipline. Derived from the English words not yet and realized, it functions as a descriptive label in discussions of development, strategy, and inquiry. Its usage signals uncertainty about when or whether realization will occur and what form that realization might take.

In philosophy and cognitive science, the concept aligns with debates about potentiality and actuality, and with questions about futurity—the capacity for events or states to come into being in the future. In technology, design, and policy, the term often designates nascent ideas, prototypes, or outcomes constrained by resources, time, or feasibility.

In culture and literature, notyetrealized can function as a motif for alternative futures or unrealized architectures of society. Its main limitation is definitional ambiguity: without formal criteria, the term can shade into synonyms like potential, possibility, or latent potential. See also potentiality, actuality, futurism, realization.