wayless

American  

[wey-lis] / ˈweɪ lɪs /

adjective

1. lacking a way, ways, road, or path; trackless.

   wayless jungle.

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Etymology

Origin of wayless

before 1100; Middle English; Old English weglēas. See way ¹, -less

Example Sentences

Then to the wayless wet gray ground he leapt;    "My mission fails!" he cried; "Too late for Grouchy now to intercept,    For, peasant, you have lied!"

From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

Let fail me every spark Of blissful vision on my pathway rough, I have seen much, and trust the perfect more, While to his feet my faith crosses the wayless dark.

From A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul by MacDonald, George

It is a wayless way there, but I know it.

From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

What aged man art thou? or by what chance Cam'st thou thus far into the wayless wood?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew