roadless

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adjective

Lacking roads.

“The badlands are a roadless waste where few humans ever venture.”

Similar
unroadedpathlesstracklessuntrackeduntroduntroddeninaccessibleunaccessible
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English road →
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Meanings

adjectiveroadless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLacking roads.

    The badlands are a roadless waste where few humans ever venture.

    1 more example

    The state of Colorado today unveiled its final plan to guide management of 4.2 million acres of roadless lands within the state's 11 national forests and submitted it for federal approval.

    2010 April 6, Noelle Straub, “Colo. Submits Final Plan for 4.2M Acres of Roadless Lands”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: unroaded

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLacking roads.

Similar
unroaded

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelacking pathways

Similar
pathlesstracklessuntrackeduntroduntroddeninaccessibleunaccessible
Also see
inaccessiblepathlesstracklessunaccessibleunroadeduntrackeduntroduntrodden

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishroad
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishroadless

From road + -less.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål veiløs
  • veiløslacking roads
Cite this entry
APA

roadless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadless

MLA

“roadless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roadless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadless.

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