unexcavated
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6.6
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈɛkskəˌveɪtɪd/
- Specialized
:
no excavado
- Based on these finds, they predicted that additional human remains lay in other unexcavated parts of the settlement.
- remain unexcavated
Examples
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Nine other mass graves nearby remain unexcavated.
Academic text (2009) -
I could only guess at its width since it lay half hidden under unexcavated soil.
Fiction book (2000) -
But then, as now, much of the area's archaeology remained unexcavated and poorly understood.
Academic text (2009) -
China alone boasts hundreds, if not thousands, of unexcavated and virtually unknown cities.
Academic text (2006) -
Additional Greek areas, along with Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic sections, remain unexcavated even after decades of research.
Academic text (2007) -
The synagogue has not been identified, but it has been tentatively located in an unexcavated area.
Academic text (2005) -
With much of the site still unexcavated, it's hard to gauge the extent of the settlement, and thus estimate how many people may have lived here.
Academic text (2009) -
Since 1988, the Italian-French project has only touched four percent of the site, and large areas of the town remain unexcavated even after a century of digging.
Academic text (2007) -
Crisscrossing the complex terrain of northwest Argentina, our routes bisect the ancient paths of the Incas, as well as the unexcavated ruins of desert peoples who lived a millennium before the Incas.
Academic text (2003) -
Much of the ancient civilization remains unexcavated, leaving many questions about its past.
Synonyms
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6.5
A place not yet explored or mapped
21
4.9
Not yet found or studied
9
4.3
Not checked or thought about carefully
5
5.7
Not looked at or checked when people search for answers
1
6.3
A path or area that no one has visited
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4.1
Something that no one has seen before
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6.8
Not looked into to find the cause or facts
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7.7
A place where there are no paths or roads and very few people have been
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9.9
Too deep to be measured or explored
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4.9
Not looked through or checked for something
1
5.9
Not carefully studied and without good proof
An area not measured or mapped, often land
Not yet explored or understood
Antonyms
How Excavated
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5.8
- Specialized
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6.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
unexcavated = excavated (transparent) = un + excavate + ed
Standard negation by 'un-' applied to the participial adjective 'excavated', yielding a straightforward 'not excavated' meaning.
Etymology
The word unexcavated begins with un- meaning 'not' and comes from ex- 'out' plus cavare 'to hollow', the same root you see in cave and cavity. So unexcavated means 'not dug out' or 'not explored', like an area of ground or a tomb that has not been opened yet.