uncharted

adjective

un·​chart·​ed ˌən-ˈchär-təd How to pronounce uncharted (audio)
: not recorded or plotted on a map, chart, or plan
an uncharted island
broadly : unknown
a discussion moving into uncharted territory

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If the Senate does not agree, the president could try using his adjournment power to send the Senate home, launching the executive and legislative branches into uncharted constitutional territory. Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025 This might be challenging the industry to navigate uncharted territory where governance, technology, and finance converge in novel ways, and not necessarily in a good way. Alexandra Andhov, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 Teachers reiterate that this is uncharted territory — no one has prepared a curriculum to train teachers for an event like this. Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025 Still, Cartwright said, authoring a book was uncharted territory. Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for uncharted 

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncharted was in 1832

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“Uncharted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncharted. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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uncharted

adjective
un·​chart·​ed ˌən-ˈchärt-əd How to pronounce uncharted (audio)
: not recorded or located on a map, chart, or plan : unknown
vast uncharted wilderness

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