unfallen
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7.0
- adjective
- These unfallen, pretechnological implements, employed in unfallen work (not labor), again, in their prenatural status, parallel the matter of unfallen sexuality.
Examples
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She admired the pristine landscape, where the valley was covered in unfallen snow.
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Some late afternoons in our October mountains, there can be an autumnal stillness that feels prophetic, silent as the yet unfallen snow.
Fiction book (2001) -
These unfallen, pretechnological implements, employed in unfallen work (not labor), again, in their prenatural status, parallel the matter of unfallen sexuality.
Academic text (1997) -
The garden was beautiful, filled with unfallen leaves that glimmered in the sunlight.
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The painting captured a scene of an unfallen apple hanging from the tree branch.
Synonyms
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8.2
Not yet released and still attached, especially tears, fur, or leaves
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6.7
Not bent and staying upright in body or spirit
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6.3
Still standing and not fallen in
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5.0
Not moved or changed from where it was before
Still in its original place after injury or impact
Antonyms
How Upright
Surface Forms
Morphology
unfallen = fallen (transparent) = un + fall + en
The prefix 'un-' negates the physical/state meaning of 'fallen' (i.e., having fallen), yielding 'not having fallen'.
Etymology
Unfallen is made from un- 'not' and fallen 'to fall', so it literally means 'not fallen'. For things like leaves or branches, unfallen means they are still in place and have 'not fallen' down.