untravelled
Britishadjective
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(of persons) not having travelled widely; narrow or provincial
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(of a road) never travelled over
Example Sentences
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Hers was the only car on the road then and she was surprised to see, on such an untravelled byway, another billboard advertising “The Acceptance Journey.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2018
These are in many cases some fairly callow untravelled youths, like a slightly tougher version of the blokes from The Inbetweeners.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2017
The railways and the hotels have between them so churned up the people that an untravelled man or woman is a rare animal.
From Time Magazine Archive
This progress proceeds infinitely, but there is always a remainder untravelled.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
Tough as steel, a wonderful veldt-man, none knew the dim and untravelled recesses of the Kalahari as did he.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
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