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trackless
/ˈtrækləs/
adj 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
remaining, undeveloped
VERB + TRACKLESS
associates, desert
TRACKLESS + NOUN
forest, locusts, mountain, region, wilderness
PREP.
from, in, through
Definitions
adj
1
Of a place: not having tracks or paths; pathless, untrodden; also, having had all tracks removed.
a trackless desert a trackless forest
Associates! Solitude in trackless deserts, / Where locusts, ants, and lizards poorly thrive,— / […] / Were to an honest heart endurable, / Rather than such associates.
2
Leaving no track or trace when moving; also, not following any track or path.
What was it that I loved so well about my childhood's home? / It was the wide and wave-lashed shore, the black rocks crowned with foam! / It was the sea-gull's flapping wing, all trackless in its flight, / Its screaming note, that welcomed on the fierce and stormy night!
3
Of a train, tram, etc.: not running on tracks.
a trackless trolley
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a trackless desert a trackless forest
Wiktionary02
Associates! Solitude in trackless deserts, / Where locusts, ants, and lizards poorly thrive,— / […] / Were to an honest heart endurable, / Rather than such associates.
Wiktionary03
In a country so vast as Canada, nothing but the railway could possibly save it from remaining a trackless, undeveloped wilderness.
Wiktionary04
The explorer pushed his way through the trackless mountain region.
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