unexplored

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Recent Examples of unexplored There is no unspoken or unexplored emotional complexity. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 5 June 2025 The four-and-a-half hour film explored in tireless detail, and in ways previously unknown or unexplored, the extent to which Vichy France played the role of willing Nazi collaborators — focusing largely on Clermont-Ferrand, a single city in central France. Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025 Now, research is pointing to the previously unexplored impact of dishwashing on microplastic pollution. Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025 Not to mention, much of the deep ocean remains unexplored by scientists—so the extent of any potential harm to ecosystems is still not fully understood. Victor Vescovo, Time, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unexplored
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexplored
Adjective
  • Astronomers estimate that between 20 and 50 novae occur each year in our galaxy, but most go undiscovered, according to NASA.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • There could also be smaller binary companions to some stars that have gone undiscovered.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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.
    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

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“Unexplored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexplored. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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