unexplored
pronunciation
How to pronounce unexplored in British English:
UK [ˌʌnɪkˈsplɔ:d]
How to pronounce unexplored in American English:
US [ˌʌnɪkˈsplɔrd]
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- Adjective:
- not yet discovered
Word Origin
- unexplored (adj.)
- 1690s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of explore (v.).
Example
- 1. During 2011 , the lhc will become sensitive enough to probe hitherto unexplored domains in particle physics .
- 2. Half the arctic 's basins are unexplored .
- 3. Iraq is also estimated to have a large supply of oil , and unexplored areas may hold much more .
- 4. But this is unexplored terrain .
- 5. However , with so much of the arctic unexplored the estimates are unreliable .