rutted
Worn into channels
Rutted describes a surface marked by ruts—deep grooves or furrows worn into the ground by repeated passage of wheels or water.
A rutted road or rutted path is rough and uneven, difficult to travel.
Figuratively, rutted can suggest being stuck in a pattern: a rutted way of thinking.
Pavement depressions from wear
- washboardRidged laundry surface
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- dirt roadUnpaved rural thoroughfare
- muddyObscured by silt
tracks · grooves · uneven · bumpy · corrugated · unpaved · rough · jarring
Unable to move
- habitualDone by routine
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- unchangingNot varying at all
predictable · stagnant · ingrained · routine · fixed · patterned · entrenched · rigid
Narrow plowed channels
- plowedTurned soil for sowing
- tractorAgricultural pulling vehicle
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
- farmAgricultural land tract
tillage · wagon · cart tracks · harvest · mud season · pasture · farmyard · irrigation
potholes
Pavement depressions from wear
muddy · tracks · grooves · uneven · bumpy · corrugated · unpaved · rough · jarring · puddles
stuck
Unable to move
- habitualDone by routine
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
unchanging · predictable · stagnant · ingrained · routine · fixed · patterned · entrenched · rigid · unvarying
furrows
Narrow plowed channels
farm · tillage · wagon · cart tracks · harvest · mud season · pasture · farmyard · irrigation · drainage
- Trail Conditionswet, dry, muddy, icy, slippery
- unevenuneven, irregular, unequal, nonuniform, asymmetric
- well-wornthreadbare, frayed, tattered, shabby, ragged