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un⋅daunt⋅ed

  [uhn-dawn-tid, -dahn-]
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–adjective
1. undismayed; not discouraged; not forced to abandon purpose or effort: undaunted by failure.
2. undiminished in courage or valor; not giving way to fear; intrepid: Although outnumbered, he was undaunted.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; see un- 1 , daunt, -ed 2

Related forms:
un⋅daunt⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
un⋅daunt⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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un·daunt·ed   (ŭn-dôn'tĭd, -dän'-)   
adj.  Not discouraged or disheartened; resolutely courageous. See Synonyms at brave.
un·daunt'ed·ly adv., un·daunt'ed·ness n.
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Undaunted

Un*daunt"ed\, a. Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear. --Shak.

Syn: Bold; fearless; brave; courageous; intrepid. -- Un*daunt"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*daunt"ed*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : undaunted
Spanish: firme, impávido, impertérrito,
German: unerschrocken,
Japanese: ひるまない
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undaunted 
1442, with ref. to horses, "untamed, not broken in," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of daunt (v.). In ref. to persons, meaning "intrepid" is recorded from 1587.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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