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unsurfaced

unsurfaced adjective: not having a tar macadam (asphalt) or other paved surface; unpaved.

Adjective

unsurfaced (not comparable)

  1. (usually) Not having a tar macadam (asphalt) or other paved surface; unpaved.
    • The master plan for the site includes 3.3km of new surfaced and unsurfaced walking routes, more than 1km of new bridleways and cantering routes, and retention of the 2.3km Old Shire Lane bridleway.2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33
  2. (paper) Rough, absorbent, without a glaze or finish.
  3. (submarines) Below the surface.
  4. Not having surfaced or appeared.
    • an unsurfaced recording of a concert
    • an unsurfaced memory

Origin of unsurfaced

From un- + surfaced.

Questions about unsurfaced

What does unsurfaced mean?
Unsurfaced means not having a tar macadam (asphalt) or other paved surface; unpaved.
What part of speech is unsurfaced?
Unsurfaced is an adjective.

Words near unsurfaced in the dictionary

  1. unsureness
  2. unsurer
  3. unsurest
  4. unsurety
  5. unsurfable
  6. unsurfaced
  7. unsurfeited
  8. unsurfeiting
  9. unsurgical
  10. unsurging
  11. unsurly

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