Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not having been walked on or traversed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not having been trod; not passed over; unfrequented.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Never having been
trod upon, as unspoiled land, or an undefeated person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking pathways
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Examples
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She had always longed to travel in untrodden ways, and had loved stories of romantic barbarism.
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On, on they toiled up this untrodden way -- untrodden, that is, by the foot of civilised man before that day, and at length, having crossed the summit, the _divortia aquarum_ of the continent, they began the descent towards the mild climate of the Valley of Mexico.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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Now, there is attractive promise in the word "untrodden," and it may be said to apply to the Asiatic tour of the author, or his first volume, but is not appropriate to the second, which owes its main interest to his interview with Skryznecki, the illustrious Pole.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 Various
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The wounded deer dragging its fainting limbs to some untrodden brake, there to gaze upon the arrow which had pierced it, and to die — was but a type of me.
Chapter 9 2010
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Strangest thing though, this week, my ears have conducted me to totally untrodden ground.
Tamsin Smith: The Untaming Tamsin Smith 2011
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This was made more challenging by the way it was following an almost untrodden path in the newly capitalist country.
Tech's Top 25 2011
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Lies that long untrodden Ocean, while for months we sail it o'er;
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Strangest thing though, this week, my ears have conducted me to totally untrodden ground.
Tamsin Smith: The Untaming Tamsin Smith 2011
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And yet for as many peaks as he's bagged, Mr. Beckey still lights up at the thought of one more untrodden summit.
The Old Man, His Mountains Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.
Brian Levin, J.D.: On King Holiday, Great Speakers Embrace His Spirit 2010
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