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Unfrequented

Definition: Unfrequented

Unfrequented

Adjective

1. 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: Unfrequented

Synonyms: lonely(a) (adj), solitary (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Unfrequented

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Unfrequented

English words defined with "unfrequented": lonelysolitaryWildwood. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Unfrequented

DomainTitle

Books

  • Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Unfrequented

AuthorDateQuotation

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.

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Usage Frequency: Unfrequented

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%1590,616

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unfrequented

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Romanian

  

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)

   

Russian 

  

редко посещаемый. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

usamljen (forlorn, friendless, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, solitary), samotan (cloistral, lone, lonesome), retko posećivan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

poco frecuentado. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

litet besökt. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukrainian

  

рідко відвідуваний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ít người qua lại, ít ai lui tới. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ansathredig (obsolete, uncommon, untrodden). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Unfrequented"

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)

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Anagrams: Unfrequented

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Unfrequented


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 66 72 65 71 75 65 6E 74 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01100110 01110010 01100101 01110001 01110101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0066 0072 0065 0071 0075 0065 006E 0074 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

558072847183877180867170

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INDEX

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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