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unpaved

British  
/ ʌnˈpaɪvd /

adjective

  1. not covered in paving

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It comes from the surrounding landscape, including farm fields, livestock operations, diesel exhaust and unpaved roads.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

She lives in Squam, a Nantucket village reachable by an unpaved road, and helped to found the Nantucket Coastal Conservancy, in part to fight the geotubes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

In Kafr Abdallah Aziza, the pressures are clear: cracked irrigation canals cut jagged lines through unpaved roads, carrying only a trickle of water to parched fields.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

We like the way it handles rougher pavement and even unpaved surfaces.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

Straggling, unpaved roads, which became treacherous quagmires with each infrequent rainfall, were the only means of getting from one village to another.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane