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
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.
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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
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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The path from political relative to TV star is hardly untrodden, however.—
Jon Allsop,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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Or that art may be the last untrodden and inviolable way of the psyche remaining to us?—
Donna Tartt,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
Adjective
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Besides its deep history, the city is known for its cobblestone downtown, Castillo de San Marcos (a 17th-century stone fortress with views of Matanzas Bay) and miles of pristine Atlantic beaches.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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At the end, beachgoers reach the pristine cove tucked into dramatic limestone cliffs with white sands and electric blue waters.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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