Unclimbed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unclimb form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not climbed. not-comparable

    "These Swiss mountaineers, led by Albert Eggler (third from left), reported from Nepal last week that they had not only conquered Lhotse, at 28,100 feet the world's highest hitherto unclimbed peak, but twice climbed its 29,002-foot twin. Mount Everest, previously scaled only by Sir Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, in 1953."

Synonyms

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unclombunclomb

Example

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"These Swiss mountaineers, led by Albert Eggler (third from left), reported from Nepal last week that they had not only conquered Lhotse, at 28,100 feet the world's highest hitherto unclimbed peak, but twice climbed its 29,002-foot twin. Mount Everest, previously scaled only by Sir Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, in 1953."

Etymology

From un- + climb + -ed.

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