trackless

English

Etymology

track +‎ -less

Adjective

trackless (comparative more trackless, superlative most trackless)

  1. Not having tracks or paths; untrodden.
    • 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved:
      "You got two feet, Sethe, not four," he said, and right then a forest sprang up between them; trackless and quiet.
    • 2015, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy:
      It had probably at one point been meant for servants to use to go unobtrusively back and forth, but hadn't been used in years; the floor was dusty and trackless.
  2. (of a train etc.) Not running on tracks.

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