unpaved

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ paved.

Adjective

unpaved (not comparable)

  1. (of a road or path) Not having a hard, impervious surface; not paved
    • 1856, Chambers's Papers for the People:
      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; . . .
    • 2023 May 1, David Segal, “In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.)”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 17 June 2023:
      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.

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