unforested

1 5.6

An area that does not have trees

adjective
/ʌnˈfɔrɪstɪd/

: desforestado

The dry, unforested land stretched endlessly under the harsh sun.

Examples

The hikers chose an unforested path to avoid getting lost in the dense woods.
The unforested areas, north and south, contain hundreds of villages whose outer buildings would provide concealment and, in some cases, cover for defensive weapons.

Academic text (1991)
In contrast, if a broader scheme helps increase beef production on unforested lands, for example, no new incentives for deforestation will be created.

Academic text (2009)
Many animals find it hard to survive in unforested regions where food is scarce.

Synonyms

nonforested

vsunforested

1 5.0

Land that does not have trees

is the same but appears as a different variant form

unwooded

vsunforested

1 4.3

Land with few or no trees

is the same idea but uses another common variant

nonforest

vsunforested

1 6.0

Not part of a forest or covered in trees

focuses specifically on land that lacks trees rather than broader relations

untimbered

vsunforested

8.2

An area that has no trees

means the same but uses a different word form

Antonyms

forested

10 2.3

An area covered with many trees

How Forested

forested

10 2.3

wooded

36 2.4

unforested

1 5.6

bare

301 2.2

Surface Forms

unforested positive

Morphology

unforested = forested (transparent) = un + forest + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the negating prefix 'un-' to 'forested', directly yielding 'not covered with trees'.

Etymology

Unforested breaks into three parts: the prefix un- meaning 'not', the root forest meaning 'a large area of trees', and the ending -ed which here shows a condition like 'covered'. So unforested literally means land 'not covered' by a forest, in other words an area without trees.