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🍑 No marks or damage 🛡️ Not emotionally hurt
unbruised

unbruised

1 4.5
Not having any marks from being hit or pressed
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbruːzd/
translation icon : sin moretones
  • Michigan (+4.5) vs. Mississippi State -- Denard Robinson should have fresh legs and an unbruised body, which means he'll be in full force against the Bulldogs.

Examples

  • The face was unbruised.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The child was lucky to come out of the accident unbruised.

  • After the match, the athlete celebrated his victory with an unbruised body.

  • The fruit was fresh and unbruised, making it perfect for the recipe.

Synonyms

unscathed
vsunbruised
33 6.3

Not hurt or damaged after a bad event

denies surface marks specifically rather than being wholly untouched
unhurt
vsunbruised
7 1.0

Not physically injured after an accident or dangerous event

means only that visible marks from pressure are absent
uninjured
vsunbruised
7 1.8

Not hurt physically

focuses on lack of visible marks rather than any harm
unwounded
vsunbruised
1 4.8

Not physically hurt

refers only to absence of visible marks from pressure or impact
unmaimed
vsunbruised
7.7

Not injured and not missing any body part

concerns only small surface marks not loss of body parts

How Bruised

unbruised
1 4.5
uninjured
7 1.8

Surface Forms

unbruised positive

Morphology

unbruised = bruised (transparent) = un + bruise + ed

Negative prefix 'un-' added to the participial adjective 'bruised' yields the literal meaning 'not having bruises'.

Etymology

Unbruised comes from un- 'not' and bruise 'a dark mark after an injury', so it literally means 'without any mark or damage'. That's why fruit, skin, or objects described as unbruised have no bruises after a fall or rough handling.