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unscarred

unscarred

3.5
Having no marks from old cuts or wounds on skin and other surfaces
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈskɑrd/
translation icon : sin cicatrices
  • Cu Chulainn was himself so pierced and wounded by his many battles that not one inch of his body was unscarred.
  • unscarred skin

Examples

  • Neil ran his finger along unblemished, unscarred flesh.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Animal sensations of blood coursing through my veins, muscles sliding beneath new, smooth, supple, unscarred skin.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • His nose flared a bit more than the one he was born with, but his face was smooth, unscarred.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Your back is unscarred.

  • Nothing is more visibly characteristic of modern residential development in the area than "the construction of hundreds of new houses peppering the once-unscarred hillsides" (Gilbert 2000).

    Academic text (2012)
  • Her arms were covered in tattoos, but her shoulders remained unscarred and smooth.

  • Despite many years of outdoor activity, she managed to keep her skin unscarred and healthy.

  • He admired the unscarred surface of the freshly painted wall, free from any blemishes.

Synonyms

unscathed
vsunscarred
33 6.3

Not hurt or damaged after a bad event

describes absence of healed skin marks rather than lack of injury
unmarred
vsunscarred
1 6.8

Not damaged or harmed

is more specific, focusing on healed skin marks not general blemishes
scarless
vsunscarred
4.0

No visible marks left after a cut or operation

is the general term for having no healed marks
unscratched
vsunscarred
3.2

Having no marks or damage on the outside

is about healed skin marks rather than only surface cuts
unscored
vsunscarred
5.0

Having a smooth surface without cuts or marks

is about healed skin marks rather than cuts or grooves
ungrazed
vsunscarred
5.7

Not having scrapes or small cuts on the skin

is broader, covering healed marks not only superficial scrapes
undented
vsunscarred
4.0

Something with no small pushed-in marks from being hit

refers to healed skin marks rather than impact indentations

Antonyms

5 3.9

Marked by old visible cuts or damage

How Scarred

disfigured
1 4.4
scarred
5 3.9
marked
2.7
unscarred
3.5
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

unscarred positive

Morphology

unscarred = scarred (transparent) = un + scar + ed

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'scarred', making the meaning 'not scarred'.

Etymology

The word unscarred is made of un- 'not' and scar 'a mark left by a wound'. So, if skin or an object is unscarred, it has no marks or damage after an injury.