untrodden
adjective
un·trod·den
ˌən-ˈträ-dᵊn 
variants
or less commonly untrod
: not trod : untraversed
Examples of untrodden in a Sentence
the fields in the valley are newly carpeted in an expanse of untrodden snow
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In spring the central walkway becomes a riot of flowering crab apples and bare shoulders (I had been told), but now the kiosks were shuttered, the trees skeletal, the paths plowed but untrodden.
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Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The path from political relative to TV star is hardly untrodden, however.
—Jon Allsop, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Or that art may be the last untrodden and inviolable way of the psyche remaining to us?
—Donna Tartt, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
Black Emperor had been re-landscaping post-rock to make room for string sections—but Richter’s universal laments, in which yearning piano and string figures twirled atop electronic murmurs, illuminated an untrodden path for solo composers.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2024
After all, moss’s beauty lies partly in its wildness, in its ability to conjure a bygone world — or perhaps a future one — untrodden by human feet.
—Jenny Comita, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
From some untrodden, internal place, a visceral memory stirred, of holding up the page with Felicity pictured vertically in the centerfold, the midsection of her floral everyday dress dimpled by the magazine’s staples.
—Lizzie Feidelson, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
How about taking a different road—an untrodden path, perhaps?
—Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
As my quest for baked crispy tofu perfection continues, it’s led me down an untrodden path — one paved with Parmesan.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
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Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The path from political relative to TV star is hardly untrodden, however.
—Jon Allsop, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Or that art may be the last untrodden and inviolable way of the psyche remaining to us?
—Donna Tartt, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
Black Emperor had been re-landscaping post-rock to make room for string sections—but Richter’s universal laments, in which yearning piano and string figures twirled atop electronic murmurs, illuminated an untrodden path for solo composers.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2024
After all, moss’s beauty lies partly in its wildness, in its ability to conjure a bygone world — or perhaps a future one — untrodden by human feet.
—Jenny Comita, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
From some untrodden, internal place, a visceral memory stirred, of holding up the page with Felicity pictured vertically in the centerfold, the midsection of her floral everyday dress dimpled by the magazine’s staples.
—Lizzie Feidelson, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
How about taking a different road—an untrodden path, perhaps?
—Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
As my quest for baked crispy tofu perfection continues, it’s led me down an untrodden path — one paved with Parmesan.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
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“Untrodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untrodden. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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