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pathless

[path-lis, pahth-]

adjective

  1. trackless; untrodden.

    a pathless forest.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pathless1

First recorded in 1585–95; path + -less
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The 30-mile strenuous and pathless trek across mountainous terrain, rivers and boggy ground is part of the Cape Wrath Trail and is normally completed in three days.

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The trucked veered off the dirt road and into pathless wilderness.

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George was wrong yesterday in the clearing: Those were not the pathless woods; these are.

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His route was pathless, boggy and extremely difficult.

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Mountaineering groups said the dotted line crossed "potentially fatal" steep, rocky and pathless terrain, while a suggested walking route for a different mountain, An Teallach, would lead people over a cliff.

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