untraveled

[ uhn-trav-uhld ]

/ ʌnˈtræv əld /

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adjective

not having traveled, especially to distant places; not having gained experience by travel.

not traveled through or over; not frequented by travelers: an untraveled country lane.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Also especially British, un·trav·elled .

Origin of untraveled

First recorded in 1575–85; un-¹ + traveled

Faced with mounting problems of inequality, diminishing resources, and a looming climate calamity, we must learn to recognize the flaws in such linear storytelling, and to imagine the future along as-yet-untraveled pathways of change.
The dangerous appeal of technology-driven futures|Sheila Jasanoff|June 30, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Perhaps it was a sign that this section of the woods was untraveled, or maybe nobody had ever thought to pluck it from its habitat.
Mushroom Hunting at the End of the World|Danny Palumbo|November 12, 2020|Eater
Along the combined streams ran a road—a dirt road originally, now long untraveled, muddy and bad, but still a road.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
The younger and more untraveled portion of the community thought of them with a certain amount of awe and fear.
The Man From Glengarry|Ralph Connor

He was a serious, sincere, untraveled provincial, possessing unusual gifts of oratory.
Marse Henry (Vol. 1)|Henry Watterson
What strange adventures await us in those yet untraveled regions toward which we speed?
A Cynic Looks at Life|Ambrose Bierce
They were within sight of the endless untraveled land that reached, unbroken by civilization, to the far-distant Arctic.
On the Edge of the Arctic|Harry Lincoln Sayler