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  • adjective Not surveyed; unexplored.

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un- +‎ surveyed

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Examples

  • Our guidebook says Griffin only runs North to South (perfect!), has two sections of rapids (yeah, baby!), is "unsurveyed," and "not suitable for most craft."

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Rather than worry needlessly, Kai occupied his mind with estimating the probable wealth of energy materials on this planet, as computed by sites already assessed and the probability of future finds based on the extended orogenic activity in the areas as yet unsurveyed.

    Cattle Town 2010

  • Usurped by this strange self, we try hard to believe that what we really are is unsurveyed.

    Maps 2010

  • It is unclear how Williams found the village in the great, wild beyond of the unsurveyed Indian territories, but he undoubtedly used Indian guides who were friendly with Comanches, very likely Delawares or Wichitas.

    EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010

  • His subject is not nature, “infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us,” but our relation to nature.

    Prophet of nature’s loss 2009

  • His subject is not nature, “infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us,” but our relation to nature.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Many of these unsurveyed areas are in the most remote and inaccessible locations in all of Cambodia, which is a country known for difficulty of access.

    The Death Toll in Cambodia: Quantifying Crimes Against Humanity (Craig Etcheson) 2008

  • The park is unsurveyed, and the huge tract of mountainous country beyond is almost altogether unexplored.

    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

  • A solitary hunter has built a log cabin up here, which he occupies for a few weeks for the purpose of elk-hunting, but all the region is unsurveyed, and mostly unexplored.

    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

  • Challenges included high land costs, unsurveyed and unregistered land rights, and community disputes.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

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