uncharted waters

collocation in English

meaningsofunchartedandwater

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uncharted
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈtʃɑː.tɪd/us
/ʌnˈtʃɑːr.t̬ɪd/
An uncharted area has not had a map made of it and has not ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition ofunchartedandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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How persons in these uncharted waters proceed to look upon themselves is one of the important questions for the twenty-first century.
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This approach will not answer the imponderable questions, but it will assist the families and the caregivers to navigate turbulent and uncharted waters.
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They navigate the largely uncharted waters of the interrelationship between economic restructuring and transformations in the workplace and in the home.
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We may never reach perfection but, in the meantime, we hope that you find our journey through uncharted waters as exhilarating as we do.
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Navigating turbulent and uncharted waters.
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I must say that it makes it clear that we are sailing in almost uncharted waters, and, so far.
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We are sailing into very dangerous and uncharted waters.
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That would certainly sharpen the debate over rescue packages, but these are not uncharted waters for talented management.
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I appreciate that we are in uncharted waters.
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It is not true that we are going into uncharted waters.
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The procedural consequences of devolution are such that we are entering uncharted waters.
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It is thoroughly understandable that they should be concerned about a new development which, to an extent, takes them into uncharted waters.
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But we are moving into largely uncharted waters at a time of very considerable change in financial markets and in relation to financial institutions.
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In a sense we are moving into uncharted waters.
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The position is, as has truly been stated, that we are moving into uncharted waters.
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In this procedure the respondent has the added burden of establishing his innocence in uncharted waters.
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These may be uncharted waters but the current is towards democracy, and that is profoundly welcome.
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We were therefore in some relatively uncharted waters.
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After all, we are moving into totally uncharted waters.
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We are moving into uncharted waters where there are constant risks.
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