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 • Dec. 17, 2018
These are in many cases some fairly callow untravelled youths, like a slightly tougher version of the blokes from The Inbetweeners.
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2017
The railways and the hotels have between them so churned up the people that an untravelled man or woman is a rare animal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only the shores touched the interior, which was an untravelled realm of fairer fruits and flowers than in England; green shores, majestic forests, and blue mountains filled with gold and jewels.
From Erskine Dale?Pioneer by Fox, John
For me the people of a country is that country's greatest charm—not the townsfolk or the owners and staffs of the big hotels with their far-spreading influence, but the unspoilt people of the untravelled parts.
From Norway by Jungman, Beatrix
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