unwidened

Not made broader

Unwidened describes something that has not been made wider or broader.

Most often applied to roads, paths, or passages that remain at their original width: The unwidened stretch of highway creates a bottleneck during rush hour.

The word appears mainly in planning documents and traffic reports.

unchanged

unaltered

Not modified whatsoever

static · constant · stable · fixed · invariable · immutable · persistent · unvaried · unadjusted · unrevised

narrow

constricted

Made narrower by pressure

compressed · contracted · pinched · slim · restricted · bottleneck · chokepoint · stricture · strait · passage

restricted

constrained

Forced into narrow limits

circumscribed · inhibited · curtailed · hampered · impeded · delimited · controlled · regulated · restrained · selective

Opposites
physical expansion

unwidenedwidened

Made more broad

broadened · expanded · enlarged · extended · stretched

Family

wide, width, widen, widened, wider, widening, widens, widest

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G