unfrequented
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unfrequented
First recorded in 1580–90; un- 1 + frequent ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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 • Mar. 7, 2022
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 • Nov. 6, 2018
The Captain Moxey reached at 7 a.m. at Drigg’s Hill, an unfrequented outpost on Andros.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2013
Donald Nelson is 52, a big, mild man with shoulders like goal posts and an appetite for hard work, long hours and a pipe that smells like an unfrequented sulphur sink in Yellowstone Park.
From Time Magazine Archive
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If so, he must have a hard time of it, even in this little unfrequented region.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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