as in pristine
not having been traveled over or through
to some it seemed plausible that in the relatively untraveled vastnesses of the Pacific Northwest a creature such as Sasquatch could lurk
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Recent Examples of untraveled
Opening up the process has raised questions about attributing asteroid names to students whose future is still an untraveled road, however.
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
Furthermore, much of the Sino-Russian border is remote and untraveled, making arms transfers difficult to detect.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
In the spring of 2020, when most performers were making peace with the lockdown and cancellation of concerts, Scott chose the road untraveled, gathering his fans on Fortnite, the online gaming universe.
—Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
The road to a country where Black and brown lives matter to law enforcement, to health-care systems and to leaders as much as White lives do is long, and much of it is still untraveled.
—Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
In 1906, five years before Kandinsky claimed to be the world's first abstract painter, 44-year-old af Klint's Primordial Chaos series took painting into an untraveled realm light-years beyond the representational.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2020
Our efforts in treading untraveled paths have been filled with wonder and have been deeply enriching.
—Bitasta Das, Quartz India, 27 June 2019
Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
Furthermore, much of the Sino-Russian border is remote and untraveled, making arms transfers difficult to detect.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
In the spring of 2020, when most performers were making peace with the lockdown and cancellation of concerts, Scott chose the road untraveled, gathering his fans on Fortnite, the online gaming universe.
—Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
The road to a country where Black and brown lives matter to law enforcement, to health-care systems and to leaders as much as White lives do is long, and much of it is still untraveled.
—Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
In 1906, five years before Kandinsky claimed to be the world's first abstract painter, 44-year-old af Klint's Primordial Chaos series took painting into an untraveled realm light-years beyond the representational.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2020
Our efforts in treading untraveled paths have been filled with wonder and have been deeply enriching.
—Bitasta Das, Quartz India, 27 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untraveled
Adjective
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Several agents observed that the new money in Palm Beach County is notably younger: couples with small children who have fled larger cities to congregate with the like-minded in a pristine place without the irritation of homelessness or, for that matter, encounters with the middle class.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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With all the uncertainty surrounding the sale of the team and many fans wanting new ownership, and both the club and its fan base looking to shed the bad taste of last year’s collapse, the Twins are hoping for a pristine start to 2025.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.—
Leah Hall,
Country Living,
5 Jan. 2023
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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
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“Untraveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untraveled. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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