"pathless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pathless.wav Forms: more pathless [comparative], most pathless [superlative]
Etymology: From path + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|path|less}} path + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} pathless (comparative more pathless, superlative most pathless)
  1. Without a path or trail. Translations (without a path): непроходим (neprohodim) (Bulgarian), neschůdný (Czech), pfadlos (German), unwegsam (German), weglos (German), αδιάβατος (adiávatos) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-pathless-en-adj-LLRI1AxS Disambiguation of 'without a path': 100 0
  2. (figurative) Unexplored. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: trackless, uncharted, unknown, virgin
    Sense id: en-pathless-en-adj-e9GFUJOD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pathlessness
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          "word": "virgin"
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      "sense": "without a path",
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      "sense": "without a path",
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      "sense": "without a path",
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