Definition of unpaved
:not covered with a firm, level surface of asphalt, concrete, etc. :not paved
- an unpaved road
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The Raptor’s natural habitat is, obviously, unpaved surfaces.
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The all-wheel drive performed well in the sand on some fun beach driving, and also provided great traction on some unpaved park roads.
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There's also a Hill Descent function that holds the speed limit to under 5 mph, if the throttle isn't mashed, to allow the driver to negotiate tricky sections of steeper unpaved road.
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The smell of sewage wafts over unpaved streets choked with plastic trash.
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Gordon said many, perhaps all, of the unpaved pathways along the river in Eagle likely were completely destroyed.
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Sunlight filtered through the window frames, and birds flitted through the surviving evergreens on the property along a winding, unpaved road on Upper Rainbow Court.
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SPEEDING IN A PICKUP truck along an unpaved road in the Chihuahuan Desert, Flavin Judd, son of the late artist Donald Judd, lets out a hoot of delight as the horizon ahead is filled by the raw expanse of the Chinati Mountains.
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The unpaved road paralleled the cemetery, which lay behind a row of houses.
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First Known Use of unpaved
circa 1533
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