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untraversed

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

That has not been traversed; unexplored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1798, George Vancouver, A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, Volume I, Chapter II, p. 44, entry for 21 October, 1791, I was therefore compelled to relinquish, with great reluctance, the favorite project of further examining the coast of this unknown though interesting country; and, directing our route over an hitherto untraversed part of these seas, we proceeded without further delay towards the pacific ocean.

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

not traveled over or through

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • untraveled roads
  • an untraversed region

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English traversed English untraversed From un- + traversed.