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roadless

American  
[rohd-lis] / ˈroʊd lɪs /

adjective

  1. not having or using any roads.

  2. for or relating to areas not serviced by roads.


Example Sentences

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The state’s roadless areas and national monuments are similarly facing the threat of lost protections and closures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

The Alaska National Guard for decades has delivered gifts, supplies and sometimes Christmas itself to tiny rural communities dotting the nation’s largest and largely roadless state.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

The migration routes hug the Darien's northern coast on the Caribbean Sea, which offers the most direct path to traverse the roadless jungle.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2023

Panama will use previously U.S.-donated helicopters to increase aerial patrols of the largely roadless region, but stressed that it was a Panamanian operation.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Even the roadless North Slope had fewer wolves than it did before the gussaks erected their military bases and brought airplanes, snowmobiles, electricity, and jeeps to the Arctic.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

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