Definitions
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- adjective roads Not having a
tar macadam (asphalt ) surface. - adjective paper
Rough ,absorbent , without a glaze or finish. - adjective submarines Below the
surface .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pretty much every other road was left unsurfaced and would be the colour of the local stone.
19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads | Carlton Reid 2011
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All tracks within the reserve are unsurfaced and most follow the major wadis.
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The work involves basic infrastructure improvement like clearing canals, clearing irrigation waterways, building stone wall boundaries, and basic improvements of unsurfaced roads, which is most of the roads in Afghanistan.
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Then we headed down the unsurfaced Norseman Road direct to Esperance, which perhaps was not a good idea.
From Eyre to Esperance: 650 kms in a day Glenda Larke 2008
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I dutifully went off to school wearing shoes - leather sandals without socks in summer, and proper shoes in winter - but usually took them off to play on the unsurfaced playground at school.
Archive 2008-01-01 Glenda Larke 2008
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Thung Yai is accessible by road (mostly unsurfaced) from Bangkok via Kanchanaburi.
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The larger vehicles, which sank into the unsurfaced roads and could not move, had to be replaced with small Russian wagons drawn by horses.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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The larger vehicles, which sank into the unsurfaced roads and could not move, had to be replaced with small Russian wagons drawn by horses.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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I dutifully went off to school wearing shoes - leather sandals without socks in summer, and proper shoes in winter - but usually took them off to play on the unsurfaced playground at school.
There was a time... Glenda Larke 2008
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Then we headed down the unsurfaced Norseman Road direct to Esperance, which perhaps was not a good idea.
Archive 2008-04-01 Glenda Larke 2008
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