as in unharmed
not hurt, harmed, or damaged
She escaped from the wreckage unscathed. The administration was left relatively unscathed by the scandal.
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Recent Examples of unscathed
The lower section featured a fanning hem in stiff and immaculately white fabric, resulting in a canny visual pun that translated the visual register of suiting onto a classic ballgown (and required a fleet of attendants to carry it onto the carpet unscathed).
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Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 6 May 2025
The two men survived unscathed — after finding a hiding place in someone’s backyard, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported in a May 20 news release.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
But Abbott got out of the inning unscathed with a strikeout and a lineout, to push his streak of not allowing a hit in the first inning to nine starts.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Shaken, George goes straight to his ex-wife’s house, where the boy is, thankfully, unscathed.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 May 2025
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Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 6 May 2025
The two men survived unscathed — after finding a hiding place in someone’s backyard, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported in a May 20 news release.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
But Abbott got out of the inning unscathed with a strikeout and a lineout, to push his streak of not allowing a hit in the first inning to nine starts.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Shaken, George goes straight to his ex-wife’s house, where the boy is, thankfully, unscathed.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscathed
unharmed
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This is a depth signing for the Rays and if Gibson is unable to help the major league club, then the Rays will go unharmed by signing the former All-Star.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The attack knocked out the electricity that powered the facility’s incubators and damaged the backup generator, but emergency responders rushed in to address the outage and ensure that the thousands of frozen eggs, sperm and embryos stored in cryogenic tanks went unharmed.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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“Unscathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscathed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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