Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncharted water

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: un-chart-ed wa-ter
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area of sea that has not been surveyed, or whose details have not been entered on nautical charts.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any unknown and potentially dangerous situation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: abyss"
"That is the rock that he is in danger of, for he is going recklessly over uncharted waters."
"Spain has effectively been a two-party state since democracy was reinstated in 1978 and the current stalemate is unprecedented. For King Felipe, who has been on the throne for only 18 months, these are also uncharted waters."
"As a country, we now enter what the seven freshmen called “unchartered waters”, with an unprecedented political and constitutional crisis looming on the horizon."

Usage

Inflected Forms

uncharted waters (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

terra firma

Synonyms

abyss uncharted territory terra incognita

Questions

What does uncharted water mean?: An area of sea that has not been surveyed, or whose details have not been entered on nautical charts.

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