: not covered with a firm, level surface of asphalt, concrete, etc. : not paved
an unpaved road
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Adam Shafran, who lives across unpaved Bloom Lane from Burke’s property in a rural pocket of Seminole County, learned from a friend the roadway would cut through his house and nursery of exotic fruit trees.
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Paved and unpaved parking is available in the lots south of the Carpenter Park Fields and west of 108th Avenue.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
Walk With Me: Hamptons by Susan Kaufman Though spared from development for longer than most of the Hamptons, many of its ranch homes have recently been razed and replaced by enormous faux farmhouses, and the tiny cottages on the unpaved roads leading to the beach now abut oversize modern behemoths.
—Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 23 June 2025
Its cluster of streets remains half unpaved, filled with boutique beachwear shops and raw wood counter bars.
—David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Paved and unpaved parking is available in the lots south of the Carpenter Park Fields and west of 108th Avenue.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
Walk With Me: Hamptons by Susan Kaufman Though spared from development for longer than most of the Hamptons, many of its ranch homes have recently been razed and replaced by enormous faux farmhouses, and the tiny cottages on the unpaved roads leading to the beach now abut oversize modern behemoths.
—Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 23 June 2025
Its cluster of streets remains half unpaved, filled with boutique beachwear shops and raw wood counter bars.
—David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
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“Unpaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpaved. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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