as in untrodden
not having been traveled over or through
the team of scientists will use dogsleds to travel across the pathless Antarctic wilderness
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Recent Examples of pathless
Other neighborhoods remain mainly pathless, with some residents resistant to changing their community's streetscaping.
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 9 Apr. 2025
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.
—Leah Hall, Country Living, 5 Jan. 2023
Somewhere on the rugged, pathless hills of Big Bend National Park, under the sweltering Texas sun, a singular tree stands apart from the rest.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022
Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 9 Apr. 2025
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.
—Leah Hall, Country Living, 5 Jan. 2023
Somewhere on the rugged, pathless hills of Big Bend National Park, under the sweltering Texas sun, a singular tree stands apart from the rest.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathless
Adjective
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For some, a day trip by minibus and camel is more than enough desert – but the true adventurer will want to seek out the untrodden sands of southern Algeria.—
Henry Haselock,
TheWeek,
27 Feb. 2026
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The move to mirror the suffocation of fame and family name by making the show’s scope increasingly claustrophobic is not untrodden territory.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Hikes to your overnight at San Pedrillo Station are longer and slower, and you’ll be rewarded with a once-in-a-lifetime immersion in the pristine jungle.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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Early’s dazzling season debut was nearly pristine.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The tyranny of logistics offers mobile units of Finns, masters of these trackless forests, opportunities to halt, isolate and bleed enemy columns.—
Liam Denning,
Bloomberg,
12 Mar. 2026
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The annual winter holiday festival also features photos with Santa, the Brent Street Holiday Market, trackless train rides and more.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Opening up the process has raised questions about attributing asteroid names to students whose future is still an untraveled road, however.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2023
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Furthermore, much of the Sino-Russian border is remote and untraveled, making arms transfers difficult to detect.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
23 Feb. 2023
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“Pathless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathless. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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