trackless

adjective

Definition of tracklessnext
as in pathless
not having been traveled over or through the trackless desert is no place for unequipped, unprepared travelers

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  1. pathless
  2. pristine
  3. untrodden
  4. untraveled
Adjective
  • There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.
    Leah Hall, Country Living, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Somewhere on the rugged, pathless hills of Big Bend National Park, under the sweltering Texas sun, a singular tree stands apart from the rest.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022
Definition of pathless
Adjective
  • Similarly, veteran Nevada political journalist Jon Ralston, known for his pristine presidential election forecast in the state, also predicted Monday that independents, which make up the plurality of voters in Nevada, would propel Harris to a narrow 0.3-point victory over Trump in Nevada.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Here are 11 destinations where the holiday season meets pristine powder, making for one perfect ski getaway.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of pristine
Adjective
  • Black Emperor had been re-landscaping post-rock to make room for string sections—but Richter’s universal laments, in which yearning piano and string figures twirled atop electronic murmurs, illuminated an untrodden path for solo composers.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Or that art may be the last untrodden and inviolable way of the psyche remaining to us?
    John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Definition of untrodden
Adjective
  • Opening up the process has raised questions about attributing asteroid names to students whose future is still an untraveled road, however.
    Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Furthermore, much of the Sino-Russian border is remote and untraveled, making arms transfers difficult to detect.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
Definition of untraveled
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tracking (down)

trackless

tracks

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