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uncharted

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un·chart·ed  (n-chärtd)
adj.
1. Not charted or recorded on a map or plan: uncharted waterways; the uncharted desert.
2. Unknown: The nation's geopolitical strategy is yet uncharted.

uncharted [ʌnˈtʃɑːtɪd]
adj
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of a physical or nonphysical region or area) not yet mapped, surveyed, or investigated uncharted waters the uncharted depths of the mind
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.uncharteduncharted - (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated; "uncharted seas"
unknown - not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"

uncharted
adjective unexplored, unknown, undiscovered, strange, virgin, unfamiliar, unplumbed, not mapped a largely uncharted area of medical science
Usage: Unchartered is sometimes mistakenly used where uncharted is meant: We did not want to pioneer in completely uncharted (not unchartered) territory.
Translations
uncharted [ˈʌnˈtʃɑːtɪd] ADJinexplorado, desconocido
uncharted [ˌʌnˈtʃɑːrtɪd] adj
(= unexplored) [area, interior] → inexploré(e)
(= not marked on a map) [island] → non répertorié(e)
(fig) (= unfamiliar) uncharted territory, uncharted waters → terrain m inconnu
to be in uncharted territory → être en terrain inconnu
to find o.s in uncharted territory → se retrouver en terrain inconnu
uncharted
adj (= not explored)unerforscht, unergründet; (= not on map)nicht verzeichnet or eingezeichnet; uncharted waters or territory (fig)unbekanntes Terrain; to enter uncharted waters or territory (fig)sich in unbekanntes Terrain begeben
uncharted [ʌnˈtʃɑːtɪd] adjinesplorato/a
uncharted [ʌnˈtʃɑːtɪd] adjinesplorato/a


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Certainly I do not remember observing any sign of faltering in the set expression of his wasted face, no hint of the nervous anxiety of a young commander about to make land on an uncharted shore.
There was no one to check me up on the working out of my observations, nor with whom I could advise in the ticklish darkness among uncharted reefs and shoals.
Captain Josiah Crawford's black schooner sailing down the channel, laden with potatoes for Bluenose ports, was a spectral ship bound for a far uncharted land, ever receding, never to be reached.
 
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