unnavigatedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈnavᵻɡeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈnævəˌɡeɪdᵻd/ Of a body of water: not navigated.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > of places, paths: unexplored > of seas
unnavigated1651
chartless1807
1651 E. Prestwich tr. Seneca Hippolitus ii. ii. 19 Coverd' with rubbish, the uncultur'd land Would lye, the sea unnavigated stand [L. vacuum..stabit mare].
1702 tr. P. de la Court True Interest Republick Holland & W.-Friesland ii. i. 203 It appeared that the sea became more and more unnavigated.
1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole I. Introd. p. xxvi To traverse a far greater space of sea, till then unnavigated.
1823 W. R. Wilson Trav. Egypt & Holy Land xvii. 258 I derived something like an emotion of pleasure from the sight of a hawk, which passed over the low unnavigated waters.
1872 R. F. Burton Zanzibar II. x. 318 The lake was, unlike the Tanganyika, unnavigated.
1928 Minnesota Hist. 9 361 It would have been foolhardy to attempt to travel at night on a river hitherto unnavigated by steamboats.
2011 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 4 May b1 River Salvage cleverly dealt with a major obstacle of navigating to the dam on the usually unnavigated back channel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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