unmapped

adjective

un·​mapped ˌən-ˈmapt How to pronounce unmapped (audio)
: not represented on a map : uncharted
unmapped wilderness
… wild and unmapped areas of the physical world.H. G. Rickover

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But until now, these fungal networks have gone unmapped and unmonitored, and the implications of this are significant. Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025 After noticing an unmapped plot of land in the area, researchers from Penn State University and Bolivian institutions used satellite images and 3D reconstruction techniques to create a detailed rendering of the structure and its topography. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025 One such system, being developed by Piasecki Aircraft Corp. of Essington, Pa., and Carnegie Mellon University, is being designed around a system of sensors and software meant to launch and land a full-size helicopter on cluttered, unmapped ground and also fly the vehicle at low altitudes. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2011 Work by Franck Lavigne and others in 2019 determined using geochemical comparisons of ash from a hitherto unmapped eruption of Samalas in the Rinjani caldera of Indonesia as the culprit. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unmapped

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unmapped was in 1805

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“Unmapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmapped. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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