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单词 unsignposted
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unsignpostedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsʌɪnpəʊstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈsaɪnˌpoʊstəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, signpost v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + signpost v. + -ed suffix1. Compare slightly later signposted adj. Compare also (earlier) signpostless adj. at signpost n. Derivatives.
Not provided with or indicated by a signpost or signposts.
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1904 Automotor Jrnl. 6 Aug. 946/1 When one adds to this the disgraceful, unsignposted, half-made, half-repaired road.., I am totally each night incapable of understanding how I have escaped being killed during the day by the other road users.
1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xiv. 246 A network of narrow lanes, unsignposted.
1986 Courier-Mail (Nexis) 10 Oct. The turnoff (unsignposted) is about 100 metres on the Dunwich side of the Amity Point turnoff.
1990 Times (Nexis) 26 May (Features section) From the well-known museums and monuments to the unsignposted gentlemen's clubs and discreet shops with 300-year histories.
2005 Independent 28 May 28/1 The only way for the uninvited to glimpse his blue-and-white Cape Cod-style home was to squeeze down an unsignposted coastal access path almost a mile away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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