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trackless

Syllables: track·less/ˈtrækləs/

trackless adjective: of a place: not having tracks or paths; pathless, untrodden; also, having had all tracks removed.

trackless: of a place: not having tracks or paths; pathless, untrodden; also, having had all tracks removed
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Adjective

trackless

  1. Of a place: not having tracks or paths; pathless, untrodden; also, having had all tracks removed.
    • a trackless desert a trackless forest
    • Associates! Solitude in trackless deserts, / Where locusts, ants, and lizards poorly thrive,— / […] / Were to an honest heart endurable, / Rather than such associates.1836, Joanna Baillie, “The Bride: A Drama. In Three Acts.”, in Dramas, […], volume III, London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 296
  2. (literary) Leaving no track or trace when moving; also, not following any track or path.
    • What was it that I loved so well about my childhood's home? / It was the wide and wave-lashed shore, the black rocks crowned with foam! / It was the sea-gull's flapping wing, all trackless in its flight, / Its screaming note, that welcomed on the fierce and stormy night!1853, Eliza Cook, “The Waters”, in The Poetical Works of Eliza Cook. […], new edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: John Locken, […], pages 97–98
  3. Of a train, tram, etc.: not running on tracks.
    • a trackless trolley
    Synonyms:
    railless

trackless meaning in Tamil

trackless in Tamil

தடமற்ற, பாதையற்ற, சுவடற்ற, சுவடு பதிக்காத, தண்டவாளமின்றி ஓடும்

Examples of trackless in a sentence

  • In a country so vast as Canada, nothing but the railway could possibly save it from remaining a trackless, undeveloped wilderness.1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada’s Transcontinental Routes”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 127:
  • "You got two feet, Sethe, not four," he said, and right then a forest sprang up between them; trackless and quiet.1987 September 16, Toni Morrison, Beloved […], New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, published October 1987, →ISBN, page 165:
  • 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.2015 October, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy, New York, N.Y.: Orbit Books, →ISBN, page 233:

Synonyms of trackless

Origin of trackless

From track (noun) + -less (suffix meaning ‘lacking or without something’).

Words formed from trackless

Phrases with trackless

Words that rhyme with trackless

Questions about trackless

What does trackless mean?
Trackless means of a place: not having tracks or paths; pathless, untrodden; also, having had all tracks removed.
What is trackless in Tamil?
Trackless in Tamil is தடமற்ற, பாதையற்ற, சுவடற்ற. See Trackless meaning in Tamil.
How do you use trackless in a sentence?
In a country so vast as Canada, nothing but the railway could possibly save it from remaining a trackless, undeveloped wilderness.
What part of speech is trackless?
Trackless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce trackless?
Trackless is pronounced /ˈtrækləs/ (UK).

Words near trackless in the dictionary

  1. tracklayer
  2. tracklayers
  3. tracklaying
  4. tracklement
  5. tracklements
  6. trackless
  7. trackless train
  8. trackless trains
  9. tracklessly
  10. tracklessness
  11. tracklet

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trackless (page history and authors); trackless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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