unexplored

adjective

un·​ex·​plored ˌən-ik-ˈsplȯrd 

: not explored: such as

a

: not penetrated or ranged over for purposes of geographical discovery

an area of unexplored wilderness

b

: not looked into or investigated

unexplored options

unexplored areas of study

Examples of unexplored in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news So many unexplored secrets still lie at the outskirts of our solar system, where a potential candidate for a new dwarf planet lies. —Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025

The move has faced international condemnation, particularly from experts who say that more research needs to be done into the impacts the practice might have on deep sea ecosystems, the majority of which remain unexplored. —Simmone Shah, Time, 7 May 2025

Stories that were going untold, voices that were long ignored, perspectives that went unexplored fill some of the spaces that opened up when the too homogenous, too insular, too slow to evolve publications started to shrink. —Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025

Welcome to Derry covers ground from King's 1100-page novel that went more or less unexplored in the film adaptations. —EW.com, 28 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unexplored

• particleboard
• phonorecord
• underinsured
• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard