Meanings
- not comparableNot having a hard, impervious surface; not paved
Dr Baron Howard remarks, that in such quarters ‘whole streets are unpaved, and without drains or main-sewers; are worn into deep ruts and holes, in which water constantly stagnates; . . .
1856, Chambers's Papers for the People1 more example
Which suggests that the man in the middle of what will be the planet’s splashiest shindig this weekend far prefers the stillness and privacy he finds about 1,500 miles away from London, on unpaved roads and rugged woods near the Carpathian Mountains.
2023 May 1, David Segal, “In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.)”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2023Synonyms: unsurfaced
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot having a hard, impervious surface; not paved
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishpaved
- Englishunpaved
Translations
Dutch onverhard, onbestraat
- onverhardnot having a hard, impervious surface
- onbestraatnot having a hard, impervious surface
- ongeplaveidnot having a hard, impervious surface
Hungarian burkolatlan, kövezetlen
- burkolatlannot having a hard, impervious surface
- kövezetlennot having a hard, impervious surface
- burkolat nélkülinot having a hard, impervious surface
Russian немощёный
- немощёный (nemoščónyj)not having a hard, impervious surface
Spanish terrizo
- terrizonot having a hard, impervious surface
Cite this entry
unpaved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpaved
“unpaved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpaved. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpaved,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpaved.
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