unbroken
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4.0
- adjective
- /ʌnˈbroʊkən/
- Formal
:
inquebrantable
- As they walk rightly (in righteousness) with God, all of the other relationships exist as unbroken.
- remain unbroken
Examples
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Adam and Eve exist in an unbroken relationship with God.
Blog text (11) -
The elite's stranglehold on economic and political life remains unbroken from generation to generation; their personal and familial greed are constants on the cultural landscape of the Philippines.
Academic text (1993) -
An unbroken chain of power.
Fiction book (1997) -
The Police Department can't send forensic evidence outside for analysis unless they establish an unbroken chain of police possession of the evidence.
Fiction book (1999) -
So with that gesture began the first stages of negotiating a pact that would remain sacred and unbroken for decades.
Fiction book (1998) -
The region's long-standing tradition of industrialization and real estate brokerage remains unbroken.
Academic text (1993) -
An unbroken tradition stretches from Pythagoras and his theorems to Copernicus and his planetary circles.
Fiction book (1994) -
Grace and Ronnie had gone along together for a span of years and were easy with each other, with the kind of knowing that comes from an unbroken chain of promises kept and expectations satisfied; they had a mutual dependence that would be mysterious to anyone who was not fluent around horses.
Fiction book (1997) -
We think this presumption has been sanctioned by 217 years of unbroken practice, which is why most people's first instinct is that statutorily imposed term limits on Supreme Court Justices are unconstitutional.
Academic text (2006) -
Her commitment to helping others has remained unbroken, even through difficult times.
Synonyms
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3.9
Lasting a long time without stopping or getting weaker
A promise or agreement that someone does not break
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Unbroken is made of un- meaning 'not' and broken from 'break', and to 'break' a promise is to fail to keep it, so an unbroken promise or treaty has been kept and not broken.