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uncharted

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtʃɑːtɪd/

Definition of uncharted

adjective

  • (of an area of land or sea) not mapped or surveyed:the plane landed on a previously uncharted islet an uncharted region of space figurativethe present study is a foray into uncharted territory

Uncharted means ‘not yet mapped or surveyed’. Especially in the phrase uncharted territory, it is confused with unchartered, a far less common word that means ‘not having a charter or written constitution’. Unchartered territory constitutes around 10 per cent of the total citations for the phrase in the Oxford English Corpus.

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Definition of uncharted in the US English dictionary
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