Trackless

//ˈtrækləs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a place: not having tracks or paths; pathless, untrodden; also, having had all tracks removed.

    "a trackless desert    a trackless forest"

  2. 2
    Leaving no track or trace when moving; also, not following any track or path. literary

    "What was it that I loved so well about my childhood's home? / It was the wide and wave-lashed shore, the black rocks crowned with foam! / It was the sea-gull's flapping wing, all trackless in its flight, / Its screaming note, that welcomed on the fierce and stormy night!"

  3. 3
    Of a train, tram, etc.: not running on tracks.

    "a trackless trolley"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking pathways wordnet
  2. 2
    having no tracks wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
intactpathlessraillessroadlessuncharteduntracked

Example

More examples

"The explorer pushed his way through the trackless mountain region."

Etymology

From track (noun) + -less (suffix meaning ‘lacking or without something’).

Related phrases

trackless train

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