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单词 unmacadamized
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unmacadamizedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnməˈkadəmʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌənməˈkædəˌmaɪzd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and macadamize v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, macadamized adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + macadamized adj.
Of a road: not macadamized; (hence) bumpy, difficult to negotiate.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > having specific surface or construction
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1826 Lit. Lounger Jan. 45 Heavy and unmacadamized is the road that leads to literary attainment.
1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 96 So she gather'd the awful sense Of the street in its past unmacadamiz'd tense.
1879 E. Walford Londoniana I. 40 Along roads rugged, rutty, and un-macadamized.
1925 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 May 466/2 Great feats of horsemanship on unmacadamized country roads.
2010 Kashmir Times (Nexis) 13 July (headline) Surinsar village rues unmacadamized, ill-planned road connectivity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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