uncharted
/ʌnˈtʃɑːtɪd
/adjective
(Of an area of land or sea) not mapped or surveyed: the plane landed on a previously uncharted islet an uncharted region of space figurative the present study is a foray into uncharted territory...
- It requires going into uncharted areas that may or may not be popular.
- All that was necessary to test that hypothesis was to get on a ship and go to one of these uncharted areas and see.
- On top of that, the question of involving the private service providers had remained an uncharted field.
Synonyms
unexplored, untravelled, undiscovered, unresearched, unplumbed, unfamiliar, unknown, strange;
unmapped, unsurveyed
Usage
Uncharted means ‘not yet mapped or surveyed’. Especially in the phrase uncharted territory, it is confused with unchartered, a far less common word that means ‘not having a charter or written constitution’. Unchartered territory constitutes around 10 per cent of the total citations for the phrase in the Oxford English Corpus.
Rhymes
- motor bicycle
- motor bicyclist
- motorbike
- motorbiker
- motorboard
- motor boat
- motor-boating
- motor bus
- motorcade
- motor camp
- motor car
- motor caravan
- motor cell
- Motor City
- motor coach
- motor-coaster
- motor cortex
- motor court
- motorcross
- motorcycle
- motorcycle combination
- motorcycle cop
- motorcycle escort
- motorcycle mama
- motorcycle messenger