ungradedadj.
1. Not laid out with or in proper gradients.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > having good or bad gradients
well graded1828
graded1840
ungraded1845
1845 S. Judd Margaret vi. 33 The roads rough, ungraded, and divided by parallel lines of green grass.
1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. 219 Golden City..is ungraded, with here and there a piece of wooden sidewalk.
1885 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 467/1 These roadways, ungraded, unsewered, and unpaved.
2. Not classified by grades.
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1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Aug. 11/1 Sales have been made of ungraded wheat..at 75 c.
1904 Jrnl. Educ. 26 May 331 Henry Sabin knows the need of the common schools, especially the ungraded schools, as well as any man in America.
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