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un⋅scathed

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

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


unhurt, unscratched, untouched, safe, whole.
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un·scathed   (ŭn-skāthd')   
adj.  Not injured or harmed: escaped the hurricane unscathed.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unscathed 
c.1375, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of scathe. Mainly in Scottish before 19c. Cf. O.N. ostaðaðr, Swed. oskadad.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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