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trackless

[ trak-lis ]

adjective

  1. without a track, as a snow-covered meadow.
  2. not making or leaving a track:

    The rain rendered the route trackless.

  3. not on tracks:

    a trackless vehicle.



trackless

/ ˈtræklɪs /

adjective

  1. having or leaving no trace or trail

    a trackless jungle

  2. (of a vehicle) using or having no tracks


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Derived Forms

  • ˈtracklessly, adverb
  • ˈtracklessness, noun

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Other Words From

  • trackless·ly adverb
  • trackless·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trackless1

First recorded in 1650–60; track + -less

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Example Sentences

The ride consists of rat-shaped trackless cars that weave through different scenes and spaces as you and Remy are chased through the restaurant of the film.

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For anyone unfamiliar with the trackless ride experience, that alone is a bit of a thrill, as you’re not tethered to a visible path or linked to the cars nearby as you maneuver through various, high-energy scenarios.

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The miniature trackless holiday train will still run but without riders.

Sad faery blossoms secret scents distil In trackless solitudes; nor ever will The lone anemone her lover find!

She liked to turn off the road and gallop across the trackless ways, sometimes frightening rabbits and coyotes from the sagebrush.

Their way led through a comparatively trackless desert, and they travelled nearly the whole night through deep sand.

You do not contemplate dragging them hither through trackless wastes to greet friends they have never known as you have?

Not only was he thoroughly at home in the trackless forests, but he could also talk several Indian languages.

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