unfrequented

[ uhn-free-kwuhn-tid, -fri-kwen- ]

adjective

1. not habitually visited, traveled, or occupied:

   an unfrequented side street.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unfrequented¹

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + frequent ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Not only is the movie deeply rooted in a female and Asian-North American perspective, it wades into a chapter of life unfrequented by Pixar.

From Washington Times

Researchers found the best snow samples in unfrequented areas of Antarctica, of which there are many.

From Washington Post

According to the historian Edward Hasted, writing in the 1770s, Cooling was “an unfrequented place, the roads of which are deep and miry, and it is as unhealthy as it is unpleasant.”

From New York Times

Bred in the country, they are the proper equine companions with which to plunge into the forest and to go over unfrequented roads.

From Project Gutenberg

Nothing daunted, however, he induced a Nez Percé woman to guide the party from the Palouse to the Lolo trail, from which they reached an unfrequented valley on the north fork of the Clearwater.

From Project Gutenberg