unplowed

adjective

un·​plowed ˌən-ˈplau̇d How to pronounce unplowed (audio)
: not having been worked or cleared with a plow : not plowed
an unplowed field
streets unplowed after the snowstorm

Examples of unplowed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Much of the book is set in an academic environment and the rest takes place in Brooklyn, neither of which are exactly unplowed territory. Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024 Harvested but unplowed cornfields are easy enough to spot and are more likely to keep drawing late-season deer. Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024 Researchers also found that low-income areas felt the effect of unplowed streets the most. Laura Ly, CNN, 2 June 2023 On Sunday, a warden from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife found the women inside the SUV on an unplowed road. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023 By now the stunning details of the December blizzard are well known: more than four feet of snow and blinding winds that persisted for days, stranding even rescue crews on unplowed roads as more than 1,000 emergency calls went unanswered in the early hours of the storm. Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023 Home to the largest, most productive area of unplowed tallgrass prairie in North America, the site provides a benchmark for exploring the drivers and impacts of environmental change taking place throughout the grasslands of the eastern Central Plains. Discover Magazine, 2 June 2017 Kara Kirkpatrick, co-owner at Dos Manos art gallery off Northern Lights Boulevard, said her SUV couldn’t make it through the unplowed snow on Monday in her Spenard-area neighborhood. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2022 The women got lost and then their vehicle was stuck in snow on an unplowed road. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unplowed was in 1523

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“Unplowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unplowed. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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