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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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Also especially British, un·trav·elled .

Origin of untraveled

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

Words nearby untraveled

untoward, untracked, untrained, untrammelled, untranslated, untraveled, untravelled, untread, untreated, untried, untrimmed

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for untraveled

Would she go into the South--to civilization--or deeper into the untraveled wildernesses of the North?
The Danger Trail|James Oliver Curwood
What strange adventures await us in those yet untraveled regions toward which we speed?
A Cynic Looks at Life|Ambrose Bierce
The Mormons whom he had befriended without any dishonor to himself had set forth into the untraveled land of Utah.
Children of the Market Place|Edgar Lee Masters
Was it the record of an actual journey, or some yet untraveled visionary route?
The Return of the Prodigal|May Sinclair

He had been found wandering alone on horseback among the defiles of an untraveled region, sick and almost incoherent from fever.
The Woman in the Alcove|Anna Katharine Green