untrodden
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈtrɒd.ən/
:
inexplorado
- The majority of arsenic concentrations from wipe samples taken from untrodden corners were below the MDL.
- an untrodden floor
Examples
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In Part III, we venture into untrodden territory, identifying three distinct categories of criminal offenses to which victim-facing justifications for punishment cannot apply, even in principle.
Academic text (2017) -
Concentrations in samples taken from the middle of rooms were less than half the concentrations of door samples, while concentrations in samples taken from untrodden floor space in the corners were mostly below the method detection limit.
Academic text (2010) -
We are walking untrodden paths through the Himalayas, Mr. Link.
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Using clean 100 cm square templates, another wipe sample was obtained somewhere in the center of the room and, for a control, a blank wipe sample was obtained in an area of untrodden floor in a corner of the room.
Academic text (2010) -
By applying the knife vivisectionally to the chest of the very virtues of their time, they betrayed what was their own secret: to know of a new greatness of man, of a new untrodden way to his enhancement.
Academic text (2014) -
And whereas many locations worldwide had previously remained unexplored, shrouded by the alluring mystery of the unknown, mass tourism expunged the mystique and left few untrodden sites.
Academic text (2003) -
Is it an ever-recurring confrontation just when one expects it least, one gallops down untrodden paths, strays from every road, and one suddenly tightens the reins?
Fiction book (1994) -
The explorers ventured into the untrodden wilderness, eager to discover new landscapes.
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The ancient forest remained untrodden, untouched by human feet for centuries.
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We stumbled upon an untrodden beach, with soft sand and pristine waves.
Synonyms
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No people live there
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An area with no road or path and no sign of travel
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An area with no roads
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A path or area that no one has visited
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A place that has no people living there
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A place with no clear ways to walk
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A place where there are no paths or roads and very few people have been
Land where people do not walk, often far from towns
A place that no one has walked on
Land with no roads that cars or trucks cannot reach
How Walked On
Surface Forms
Morphology
untrodden = trodden (transparent) = un + tread + en
Formed by negation prefix 'un-' on the past-participle/adjective 'trodden' meaning 'not having been walked on', a directly compositional and regular negative formation.
Etymology
The word untrodden is made of un- meaning 'not' and trod and tread, words that mean 'to step' or 'walk'. So untrodden literally means 'not walked on', like fresh snow with no footprints, and that's why we use it for land or places with no footsteps.