survey
verb (used with object)
to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
unsurveyed
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a word derived from
survey.
Example Sentences
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“My kind of first feeling here is that there are unsurveyed environments in China where these yeasts dwell, and that these two patients have been unlucky enough to be exposed.”
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 19, 2024
"We will now be flying over unsurveyed terrains and transfer to airfields that are not well characterised so there's a higher probability of a bad landing," explained MiMi Aung.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2021
The analysis identified hundreds of cultural sites but also said that over 1,000 acres remained unsurveyed.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2018
The boat left no oil slick or bodies pointing to its fate, leading historians to wonder whether it had been sunk by the enemy or whether it struck a reef in largely unsurveyed waters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2017
The lands had not been surveyed by the general government, but our delegate in congress, Henry M. Rice, had anticipated that by obtaining the passage of the law allowing settlement and preëmption on unsurveyed lands.
From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Charles E. (Charles Eugene) Flandrau
