Untrodden
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That has never been trod upon; unexplored, unspoiled.
"Proofs of the presence of the white man are found all over the Territory in the shape of old bouilli tins, &c., and often when out after a strayed horse, I have imagined myself to be in wilds untrodden except by the foot of the blackfellow, but the sight of an unassuming empty sardine tin would remind me that the ubiquitous digger had been there first."
- 2 Of a person: undefeated.
Adjective
- 1 lacking pathways wordnet
Example
More examples"They talked for a time of their plans and wishes . . . gravely, earnestly, hopefully, as youth loves to talk, while the future is yet an untrodden path full of wonderful possibilities."
Etymology
From un- + trodden.
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