unfallen
- 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
Not yet released and still attached, especially tears, fur, or leaves
Not bent and staying upright in body or spirit
Not moved or changed from where it was before
Still in its original place after injury or impact
Still standing and not fallen in
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.