untarred
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈtɑrd/
- Many rural villages still have untarred paths leading to the main highway.
Examples
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After the heavy rain, the untarred road was difficult for cars to pass.
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The untarred road was difficult to navigate.
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The children played on the untarred playground, getting their shoes muddy.
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Many untarred paths exist in the national park.
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The children played on the untarred road that led to the countryside.
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After the rain, the untarred path became muddy and difficult to walk on.
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The construction crew worked on the untarred section of the highway to prepare it for paving.
Synonyms
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A surface such as a road that is not covered with a hard smooth layer like asphalt
How Tarred
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Surface Forms
Morphology
untarred = tarred (transparent) = un + tar + ed
Formed from 'tarred' by productive negation with 'un-', and 'tarred' itself is transparently 'tar' + '-ed'.
Etymology
Untarred is made of the prefix un- meaning 'not' and tarred meaning 'covered with tar', where tar is the black, sticky material used on roads, as in tarmac. So untarred simply means a road or surface that is 'not covered with tar', which is why such places are often rough or muddy.