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Definition: Unfrequented |
UnfrequentedAdjective1. Separated from or unfrequented by others; remote or secluded; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unfrequented" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Note: Unfrequented \Un`fre*quent"ed\, adjective. [Prefix un- frequented.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: UnfrequentedSynonyms: lonely(a) (adj), solitary (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Seclusion Exclusion | Estranged; unfrequented; uninhabitable, uninhabited; tenantless; abandoned; deserted, deserted in one's utmost need; unfriended; kithless, friendless, homeless; lorn, forlorn, desolate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unfrequented |
| English words defined with "unfrequented": lonely ♦ solitary ♦ Wildwood. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Thus people, riches, trade, power, change their stations, flourishing mighty cities come to ruin, and prove in times neglected desolate corners, whilst other unfrequented places grow into populous countries, filled with wealth and inhabitants. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Unfrequented" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unfrequented" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unfrequented"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i vizituar rrallë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهجور (abandoned, antiquated, archaic, archaism, bygone, derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forlorn, forsaken, in disuse, lonely, lonesome, obsolete, outdated, outmoded, solitary), غير مطروق (pathless, trackless, unbeaten), غير مأهول (lifeless, ungrounded, unsettled), شبه مهجور. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | усамотен (isolated, lonely, private, remote, retired, secluded, solitary), рядко посещаван (untrod), рядко използуван. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neopakovaný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | غیرمکرر, تکرارنشدنی , دورافتاده (Away, Faraway, Outland, Outlying, Recluse), بدون امدورفت . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | peu fréquenté. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wenig besucht, einsam (alone, desert, empty, fantastic, forlorn, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesom, lonesome, lonesomely, private, secluded, single handed, solitarily, solitary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ερημικόσ (desert, recluse, solitary), ασύχναστοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ritkán látogatott. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | poco frequentato (lonely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fadaneys (solitariness, unfrequented place), fadane (solitude, uncultivated place, unfrequented place, wild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | equentedunfray solitário (alone, cloistered, desolate, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, recluse, secluded, sole, solitaire, solitary, wild), pouco frequentado (out of the way, sequestered), ermo (bleak, cloistered, cloistral, desert, devastated, dreary, free for all, gaunt, lone, solitary, solitude, waste, wild), afastado (aloof, away, devious, distant, ex service, far off, off, offscreen, out of the way, outlast, outlying, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, straggling, withdrawn). (various references) retras (covert, drawn, lone, lonely, private, quiet, recluse, remote, reserved, retired, retiring, secluded, seclusive, secret, separate, sequestered, solitary), nevizitat, izolat (apart, detached, isolated, lonely, lonesome, out of the way, private, remote, removed, retired, scattered, secluded, seclusive, segregate, separate, sequestered, solitary). (various references) редко посещаемый. (various references) usamljen (forlorn, friendless, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, solitary), samotan (cloistral, lone, lonesome), retko posećivan. (various references) poco frecuentado. (various references) litet besökt. (various references) tenha (deserted, desolate, forsaken, uninhabited, widowed, wild), sık sık gidilmeyen, ıssız (desert, deserted, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, isolated, retired, solitary, stark, uninhabited, void, waste, widowed, wild). (various references) рідко відвідуваний. (various references) ít người qua lại, ít ai lui tới. (various references) ansathredig (obsolete, uncommon, untrodden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "unfrequented" (pronounced 'Un`fre*quent"ed'): Able-minded, Aborted, Absent-minded, Abstorted, Adfected, Adusted, Affriended, Apiked, Arcaded, Aspected, Barded, Becomed, Bifronted, Bivaulted, Bladed, Bloody-minded, Bracted, Breaded, Brocaded, Brouded, Cisted, Clifted, Coadapted, Cockaded, Complected, Conceited, Confated, Congested, Contented, Contorted, Cysted, Debted, demented, Encysted, flighted, Forerecited, Forfered, Forted, Fronded, frosted, Fusted, Gaited, gated, hearted, high-minded, interrelated, Lered, Longheaded, long-winded, Maked. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-f-n-n-q-r-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: frequented. | |
-3 letters: untenured. | |
-4 letters: deferent, frequent, neutered, unrented, unturned. | |
-5 letters: denture, entered, queened, queered, refuted, retuned, tenured, unfreed, untuned. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 66 72 65 71 75 65 6E 74 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ..-. .-. . --.- ..- . -. - . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100110 01110010 01100101 01110001 01110101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n f r e q u e n t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0066 0072 0065 0071 0075 0065 006E 0074 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558072847183877180867170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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