adj
Meaning 1
Lacking roads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The badlands are a roadless waste where few humans ever venture.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unroaded
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Lacking roads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: unroaded
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
lacking pathways
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pathless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English road Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English roadless From road + -less.
Across languages
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