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roadless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English road Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English roadless From road + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Lacking roads.
    • The state of Colorado today unveiled its final plan to guide management of 4.2 million acres of roadless lands within the state's 11 national forests and submitted it for federal approval. 2010 April 6, Noelle Straub, “Colo. Submits Final Plan for 4.2M Acres of Roadless Lands”, in The New York Times:
    • The badlands are a roadless waste where few humans ever venture.

Deriveds

roadlessness

Synonyms

unroaded

Translations (1)

nb veiløs (lacking roads)