unscathed

[uhn-skeythd] Example Sentences Origin

un·scathed

[uhn-skeythd]
adjective
not scathed; unharmed; uninjured: She survived the accident unscathed.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see un-1, scathed


unhurt, unscratched, untouched, safe, whole.

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Unscathed is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example Sentences
  • He appears to have survived a difficult period unscathed.
  • Caught in this vortex of human misery, it would be a miracle if the animals remained unscathed.
  • But the bank's top executives do not expect to escape events in the developed world unscathed.
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unscathed (ʌnˈskeɪðd)
 
adj
not harmed or injured

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Word Origin & History

unscathed
late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + pp. of scathe. Mainly in Scottish before 19c. Cf. O.N. ostaðaðr, Swedish oskadad.
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