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unbroken

unbroken

4 3.0
Whole and not damaged
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbroʊkən/
translation icon : intacto
  • The package arrived with an unbroken seal, indicating it had not been opened.

When I awoke in the ICU, there's not one unbroken bone in his body.

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Examples

  • When I touched my cheek, I touched nothing but unbroken skin and a little stubble.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • If there's an unbroken cup that I can find.

  • The only unbroken plate that arrived.

  • With the still unbroken set of crystal,

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Her skin was smooth and unbroken, the color of eggshell.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The deck of the barge is unbroken except for a three-foot diameter hole in one corner.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Her knife traced the curving fruit as the peel spiraled, unbroken, from her hands.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Bruised and battered, Think-Too-Late was at last pitched ashore, astonished to find himself alive and his bones unbroken.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • He admired the unbroken line of mountains stretching across the horizon.

  • Despite the rough journey, the vase remained unbroken and intact.

Synonyms

whole
vsunbroken
1.0

Complete and not broken or divided

focuses more on being undamaged and not divided
intact
vsunbroken
304 3.7

Whole and not damaged or missing any parts

stresses being in one single connected piece
untorn
vsunbroken
1 3.1

Not ripped or damaged

is about whole condition generally, not only tearing damage
undestroyed
vsunbroken
4.6

Not damaged and still whole

emphasizes physical unity rather than merely continued existence
unshattered
vsunbroken
4.0

Whole and not broken into pieces

covers overall undamaged condition as well as not split
unsmashed
vsunbroken
4.2

Not broken after being hit or dropped

is broader, applying to any undamaged and continuous object
unruined
vsunbroken
4.2

Not destroyed or damaged and still in good condition

is more narrowly about physical unity rather than overall condition

Antonyms

31 1.0

Damaged or not whole and not working

1 1.1

Harmed so it works or looks worse

3.0

Split into groups that do not agree

How Intact

intact
304 3.7
unbroken
4 3.0
damaged
1 1.1
broken
31 1.0

Surface Forms

unbroken positive

Morphology

unbroken = broken (transparent) = un + break + en

A straightforward negation of 'broken' meaning 'damaged', immediately understandable from the parts.

Etymology

Unbroken is made of un- meaning 'not' and broken from 'break', which means to damage or separate. So an unbroken vase or object is not damaged and remains in one piece.