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unsurveyed

unsurveyed

7.0
An area not measured or mapped, often land
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈsɜrveɪd/
translation icon : no explorado
  • We discovered ancient artifacts in a previously unsurveyed area of the desert.
  • unsurveyed area

Examples

  • First, Wagner's surveyed garden plots accounted for only one-third of all village gardens, with the other unsurveyed gardens located in close proximity to them.

    Academic text (2007)
  • A century later, the Fourth Cataract remained largely unsurveyed and unexcavated.

    Academic text (2006)
  • These data must be treated with caution, since many areas are still unsurveyed and the complete distributions of many species are not yet known.

    Academic text (2011)
  • These birds had been unmarked and unsurveyed.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Although we attempted to survey as much of the study area as possible, we cannot go beyond speculation about the potential for habitat and connectivity across unsurveyed areas.

    Academic text (2017)
  • All of the Mormon land-claim options were located in unsurveyed areas outside clearly defined U.S. legal jurisdiction.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In September, the council contracted with him to lay out an unsurveyed area of the city commons into one-acre lots and to produce a map of the city.

    Academic text (2011)
  • However, assumptions regarding the geographical distribution of the stock are based on limited information, and it is generally recognized that the stock extends into unsurveyed areas of the western Bering Sea.

    Academic text (1994)
  • As the allocation of farms to ex-servicemen gained momentum, the squatters living on Rhodesdale were moved off into unsurveyed areas.

    Academic text (2005)
  • They are frustrated, too, by delays in the execution of plans, even as they witness the daily destruction of unsurveyed terrain, of sites that may conceal treasures destined to remain forever lost.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

uncharted
vsunsurveyed
42 6.5

A place not yet explored or mapped

focuses on absence of precise surveying and measurement rather than just unknown
unexplored
vsunsurveyed
21 4.9

Not yet found or studied

is about missing careful measurement and mapping rather than simple discovery
unexamined
vsunsurveyed
9 4.3

Not checked or thought about carefully

is specifically about absence of measured, mapped, or surveyed detail
unturned
vsunsurveyed
5 5.7

Not looked at or checked when people search for answers

applies more to lacking technical measurement or mapped detail
unmapped
vsunsurveyed
2 6.6

An area not yet shown on a map

is about lacking detailed measurement or survey of an area
uninvestigated
vsunsurveyed
1 6.8

Not looked into to find the cause or facts

is narrower, focusing on technical measurement and mapping of terrain
unresearched
vsunsurveyed
1 5.9

Not carefully studied and without good proof

is about practical surveying and mapping rather than formal research
unsounded
vsunsurveyed
  • Specialized
1 9.8

Too deep to measure, often about water or caves

concerns surface measurement and mapping rather than depth sounding
unplumbed
vsunsurveyed
  • Literature
1 9.9

Too deep to be measured or explored

focuses on horizontal surveying and mapping rather than deep probing
unpenetrated
vsunsurveyed
9.1

Not yet explored or understood

means instead that the area lacks measured detail or formal survey

Surface Forms

unsurveyed positive

Morphology

unsurveyed = surveyed (transparent) = un + survey + ed

Formed by negating the participial adjective 'surveyed' with the productive prefix 'un-', so the meaning is directly 'not surveyed'.

Etymology

Unsurveyed is made from un- 'not' and survey 'to look over or measure a place'. So unsurveyed describes land or areas that no one has measured or mapped yet, which is why explorers and scientists can still discover new things there.