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chartless

American  
[chahrt-lis] / ˈtʃɑrt lɪs /

adjective

  1. uncharted or unknown.

    chartless regions of space.


chartless British  
/ ˈtʃɑːtlɪs /

adjective

  1. not mapped; uncharted

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chartless

First recorded in 1800–10; chart + -less

Example Sentences

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And there they would hang in chartless nothing, seemingly without speed or left or right or top or bottom, until as suddenly as ever the copper penny glowed and the serpents writhed.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

One is left compassless, rudderless, chartless on a sea of ideas.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack

He was chartless and rudderless, and he had no port to make, while drifting involved the least living, and it was living that hurt.

From Martin Eden by London, Jack

But seek that soul and soul may meet together Knowing they have forever been but one— Meet and be surest when ill's chartless weather Drives blinding gales of doubt across their sun.

From Nirvana Days by Rice, Cale Young

And in this fashion they sat and mapped the chartless future.

From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar

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