roadlessadj.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. ii. xi. 174 I say again, abundantly better should I have done, had I returned to my house..rather than lag after your worship in this manner, through roadless roads and pathless paths.

1798 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Southern Counties II. 101 In this recluse, roadless district, wood, growing within each township, was necessary.

1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 288/2 In the most roadless, postless, melancholy, sequestered hamlet.

1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 137 The next march brought the troops to a steep and roadless hill.

1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps III. i. 8 In these roadless parts distance was very much a matter of conjecture.

1920 Outlook (N.Z.) 29 Nov. 18/3 Her parish is roadless.

1956 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. xxxi. 337 ‘Smoke jumpers’ parachute from planes to fires in the roadless back country.

1993 Equinox June 85/1 Nine roadless communities along 482 kilometres of Newfoundland's south coast rely on the boats.

1853 First Rep. Public Wks. Madras in Calcutta Rev. (1854) Jan. 163 The Madras districts had..risen..from the prevailing normal state of roadlessness, to one abounding in excellent carriage roads in all directions.

1994 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Aug. t21 Khatanga is..on the edge of nowhere,..accessible in summer only by helicopter or tracked vehicle due to mud, mosquitos, rivers, and roadlessness.