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unexplored

unexplored

21 4.9
Not yet found or studied
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪkˈsplɔrd/
translation icon : inexplorado
  • I decided that the woods, still unexplored, might be my salvation.
  • largely unexplored
  • remain unexplored
  • relatively unexplored

And it's not like there are big corners that are unexplored.

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Examples

  • Which is why it's one of the last, great unexplored frontiers on earth

  • The mission's in deep, unexplored waters.

  • But one large area which has been left unexplored is the human being itself.

  • Tried to get me to go west into unexplored country.

  • The largest unexplored cave system in the world.

  • The idea of going to a place that was relatively unexplored excited both Meggers and Evans.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In today's complex music software packages, many features can remain unexplored and unused.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Austin spent much of her life uncovering what she called "the unexplored treasure of women's experience" in the West.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The final chapter, translated here, comprises the author's examination of photography's previously "unexplored potential," namely, "photo-mechanics."

    Academic text (2000)
  • There are over 160,930 square miles of unexplored rainforest in South America.

Synonyms

uncharted
vsunexplored
42 6.5

A place not yet explored or mapped

covers general absence of being found or examination beyond mapping status
undiscovered
vsunexplored
23 4.0

Not yet found or known by people

focuses on absence of being found rather than absence of checking or study
unexamined
vsunexplored
9 4.3

Not checked or thought about carefully

indicates a broader absence of discovery or inquiry not only lack of checking
unmapped
vsunexplored
2 6.6

An area not yet shown on a map

covers general lack of being found or inspected beyond absence from geographic records
uninvestigated
vsunexplored
1 6.8

Not looked into to find the cause or facts

covers a general lack of discovery or checking rather than only formal study
unvisited
vsunexplored
1 4.1

Something that no one has seen before

refers to absence of being found or checked not only lack of physical attendance
unsearched
vsunexplored
1 4.9

Not looked through or checked for something

refers to not being checked for something while the key describes wider unknowns
unresearched
vsunexplored
1 5.9

Not carefully studied and without good proof

means a wider lack of discovery or inquiry beyond only missing formal study
unplumbed
vsunexplored
  • Literature
1 9.9

Too deep to be measured or explored

means simply not found or checked not only lacking deep measurement
unfathomed
vsunexplored
1 9.9

Too deep or mysterious to understand

applies to a broader absence of being found or checked rather than deep unknowns
untracked
vsunexplored
1 7.7

A place where there are no paths or roads and very few people have been

means general lack of finding or checking not only absence of paths or roads
unpenetrated
vsunexplored
9.1

Not yet explored or understood

describes ordinary lack of being found or checked not mainly mysterious depth
unsurveyed
vsunexplored
7.0

An area not measured or mapped, often land

means a broader absence of finding or checking rather than missing detailed measurement
unpathed
vsunexplored
9.6

Land where people do not walk, often far from towns

describes broad absence of being found or checked rather than only lacking a trail

How Explored

untouched
20 3.0
unexamined
9 4.3
unexplored
21 4.9
uncharted
42 6.5

Surface Forms

unexplored positive

Morphology

unexplored = explored (transparent) = un + explore + ed

Formed by prefixing 'un-' to 'explored' (past participle/adjective), so its meaning 'not explored' is directly and predictably derived.

Etymology

The word unexplored is made of un- meaning 'not' and explore meaning 'to search or discover', like in explorer. So an unexplored place is one people have not yet searched or studied.