untrod

[ uhn-trod ]

adjective

1. not trod; not traversed:

   the untrod wastes of Antarctica.

Word History and Origins

Origin of untrod¹

First recorded in 1585–95; un- ¹ + trod

Example Sentences

The untrod glacier is made accessible only by the damage already done to the enormous ice sheets that cover the continent.

From Los Angeles Times

As we worked to complete Phase 1, and now are seeking partners to complete Phase 2, we find ourselves continuing to navigate previously untrod territory.

From Washington Post

Tokaji adds, though, that there simply is no telling: “There is no precedent on the books. This is untrod ground.”

From Time

There must be a million of people settled there by this time, and yet it is a wilderness almost untrod by man. 

From Project Gutenberg

To be sure of not missing his expected Friend, he rose by daybreak, and proceeded with the earliest dawn to the Weser-bridge, which as yet stood empty and untrod by passengers.

From Project Gutenberg