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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un- +‎ surfaced

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Examples

  • 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

  • All tracks within the reserve are unsurfaced and most follow the major wadis.

    Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

  • 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.

    General Petraeus, Will You Talk to Me Now? 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • Thung Yai is accessible by road (mostly unsurfaced) from Bangkok via Kanchanaburi.

    Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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