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
These are in many cases some fairly callow untravelled youths, like a slightly tougher version of the blokes from The Inbetweeners.
From The Guardian
The committee said saxophonist and composer Shorter had "constantly sought out untravelled paths" in a career that included work in groups such as Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet and Weather Report.
From Reuters
Apart from its outmoded baggy beat, In Another Way finds an untravelled path for Shields's sound, one in which the bagpipey guitar acts as a victorious fanfare.
From The Guardian
I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.16 Lord Tennyson.
From Project Gutenberg
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