as in pristine
not having been traveled over or through
to some it seemed plausible that in the relatively untraveled vastnesses of the Pacific Northwest a creature such as Sasquatch could lurk
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Recent Examples of untraveled
Opening up the process has raised questions about attributing asteroid names to students whose future is still an untraveled road, however.
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
Furthermore, much of the Sino-Russian border is remote and untraveled, making arms transfers difficult to detect.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
In the spring of 2020, when most performers were making peace with the lockdown and cancellation of concerts, Scott chose the road untraveled, gathering his fans on Fortnite, the online gaming universe.
—Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
In 1906, five years before Kandinsky claimed to be the world's first abstract painter, 44-year-old af Klint's Primordial Chaos series took painting into an untraveled realm light-years beyond the representational.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2020
Our efforts in treading untraveled paths have been filled with wonder and have been deeply enriching.
—Bitasta Das, Quartz India, 27 June 2019
Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
Furthermore, much of the Sino-Russian border is remote and untraveled, making arms transfers difficult to detect.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
In the spring of 2020, when most performers were making peace with the lockdown and cancellation of concerts, Scott chose the road untraveled, gathering his fans on Fortnite, the online gaming universe.
—Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
In 1906, five years before Kandinsky claimed to be the world's first abstract painter, 44-year-old af Klint's Primordial Chaos series took painting into an untraveled realm light-years beyond the representational.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2020
Our efforts in treading untraveled paths have been filled with wonder and have been deeply enriching.
—Bitasta Das, Quartz India, 27 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untraveled
Adjective
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And while the pristine waves may be the initial draw, Schwab is most proud of the training program built into the 21-villa property.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
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London is the capital of pristine facades, often painted in wedding-cake shades of cream or ivory; the city’s dominant aesthetic is a literal whitewash.—
Mark O’Connell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For some, a day trip by minibus and camel is more than enough desert – but the true adventurer will want to seek out the untrodden sands of southern Algeria.—
Henry Haselock,
TheWeek,
27 Feb. 2026
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The move to mirror the suffocation of fame and family name by making the show’s scope increasingly claustrophobic is not untrodden territory.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Other neighborhoods remain mainly pathless, with some residents resistant to changing their community's streetscaping.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.—
Leah Hall,
Country Living,
5 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The dark ride in Disneyland’s Mickey’s Toontown uses a revolutionary trackless system, and if an iPhone is dropped, the phone can trigger a sensor that can disrupt operations and cause a multi-hour shutdown.—
Carly Caramanna,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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The tyranny of logistics offers mobile units of Finns, masters of these trackless forests, opportunities to halt, isolate and bleed enemy columns.—
Liam Denning,
Bloomberg,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Untraveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untraveled. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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