pathless

[path-lis, pahth-]

adjective

1. trackless; untrodden.

   a pathless forest.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pathless¹

First recorded in 1585–95; path + -less

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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

From Literature

His route was pathless, boggy and extremely difficult.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

"The terrain up there was pretty terrible. It was the worst stuff, rolling pathless bogs," he said.

From BBC

Related Words

• impenetrable 
• insurmountable