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unfrequented

unfrequented

1 8.8
A place that few people go to and is quiet
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnˈfrikwəntɪd/
: poco frecuentado
  • It is an unfrequented room, seeming to contain vibrations of vanished life.

Examples

  • "This unfrequented place to find some ease"

    Carrie (2013)

  • The hikers found an unfrequented trail that led to a beautiful hidden waterfall.

  • Leave by unfrequented streets without fanfare, without even a drum.

    Spartacus (1960)

  • Ah, the forest walks are wide and spacious, and many unfrequented plots there are... fitted by kind for rape and villainy.

    Titus (1999)

  • Mother Green and her faithful friend Viola Daniels, shut away as they were in their old four-story brownstone at the end of the mews, were unprepared for a sudden change in this unfrequented neighborhood.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • She enjoyed reading in the unfrequented park, away from the noise of the city.

  • The cabin was situated in an unfrequented area, perfect for a quiet retreat.

Synonyms

solitary
vsunfrequented
83 4.6

Being alone and not with other people or things

is about places rarely visited rather than existing by itself
lonely
vsunfrequented
34 1.6

A place with no people or animals present

is about places rarely visited rather than current emptiness
uninhabited
vsunfrequented
23 4.0

A place with no people living there

focuses on few or infrequent visitors rather than no residents
less-traveled
vsunfrequented
  • US
9 4.8

A place that few people visit

is broader, meaning rarely visited by anyone not only travellers
unhaunted
vsunfrequented
1 6.6

Not lived in or visited by people

is about rare visits over time rather than permanent emptiness

How Frequent

popular
∞ 1.0
unfrequented
1 8.8
deserted
116 3.0
abandoned
292 2.8

Surface Forms

unfrequented positive

Morphology

unfrequented = frequented (transparent) = un + frequent + ed

Formed by negating the past-participle/adjectival 'frequented' with 'un-', so the meaning 'not visited often' follows regular negation of a participle.

Etymology

Unfrequented starts with un- meaning 'not' and has frequent meaning 'often' or 'visited', just like in 'a frequent visitor'. So an unfrequented place is one people do 'not' visit 'often', a quiet or lonely spot.