unspoilt countryside

Meaning

Areas of land outside of towns and cities that have not been damaged, built on, or altered by modern industry, tourism, or development. It retains its natural, pristine beauty.

Examples

• We spent the weekend hiking through miles of beautiful, unspoilt countryside.

  We spent the weekend hiking through miles of beautiful, unspoilt countryside.

• The new highway project threatens to destroy acres of unspoilt countryside.

  The new highway project threatens to destroy acres of unspoilt countryside.

• If you want to experience unspoilt countryside, head to the northern highlands.

  If you want to experience unspoilt countryside, head to the northern highlands.

• The cottage is surrounded by rolling hills and completely unspoilt countryside.

  The cottage is surrounded by rolling hills and completely unspoilt countryside.

• I love traveling to remote regions where you can still find truly unspoilt countryside.

  I love traveling to remote regions where you can still find truly unspoilt countryside.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ The hotel is located in an unspoiled country.

  ✓ The hotel is located in the unspoilt countryside.

  'Country' usually refers to a nation (e.g., France). 'Countryside' refers to rural areas and natural landscapes.

• ✗ We walked through the untouched countryside.

  ✓ We walked through the unspoilt countryside.

  While 'untouched' is grammatically correct, 'unspoilt countryside' is the highly natural, native-speaker collocation in British and Commonwealth English.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The national park was established to protect the region's ________.

  💡 Natural, undeveloped rural areas.

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  unspoilt countryside

• I prefer quiet villages surrounded by ________ over crowded beach resorts.

  💡 Beautiful, untouched rural landscapes.

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  unspoilt countryside