Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not running on tracks or rails.
- adjective Unmarked by trails or paths.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Untrodden; without path or track; unmarked by footprints or paths: as, trackless deserts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a train, etc. not
running ontracks - adjective of land not having tracks or
paths ;untrodden
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking pathways
- adjective having no tracks
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was familiar with every route in miles, whether roadway, trail, or "course by compass," as he termed trackless cruising in the desert.
The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels
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The knowledge of them and of other cognate facts enables man in these days to map out the so-called trackless ocean into districts, and follow its well-known highways with precision and comparative safety.
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He knows that the way on which he is about to enter is "trackless;" but so is the bird's: God will guide him as He guides the bird.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Sutherland Orr 1865
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• Give druids the choice to either channel positive energy (as the cleric class feature) or to gain wild empathy, and perhaps a few other class features as they gain levels (such as trackless step).
EN World D&D / RPG News Dykstrav 2010
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In moments, where there had been only trackless desert, there was now a gigantic sanctuary.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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He knew firsthand the trackless wilderness he was trying to cut through, but he never considered how hard that would be.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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At last the king realized in shame that his fleet must have been lost somewhere along the trackless shore of the southern sea.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Braddock had brought his plan of campaign from London, where it had been concocted by men who did not know that America was a nearly trackless wilderness devoid of subsistence for the troops.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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At a moment's notice, with scarcely any provisions, he undertook a near-suicidal flight across the trackless Himalayas.
The forging of a holy man Post 2011
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At a moment's notice, with scarcely any provisions, he undertook a near-suicidal flight across the trackless Himalayas.
The forging of a holy man Post 2011
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