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unwounded

unwounded

1 4.8
Not physically hurt
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈwuːndɪd/
: ileso
  • She felt fortunate to be unwounded after the intense basketball match.

Examples

  • Despite the chaos around him, he emerged from the accident unwounded and relieved.

  • Her own two-eyed, unwounded father was tame by comparison.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "He thanked his lucky stars he was still unwounded.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • We knew the peso was unwounded, whole.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Clearly unwounded, she merely shrugged in return.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I marvel at their indestructibility, at how unwounded and unwoundable they seem.

    Academic text (2008)
  • According to Argentinian writer Jose Narosky, "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."

    Blog text (15)
  • The rescue team found the dog unharmed and unwounded after the storm.

Synonyms

uninjured
vsunwounded
7 1.8

Not hurt physically

is limited to absence of physical injury not mental harm
unbloodied
vsunwounded
1 6.4

Not wounded and not stained with blood

is about not having physical injury rather than just lacking visible blood
unviolated
vsunwounded
1 6.5

Remains unharmed and in its original state

is specific to no physical injury rather than general intactness

Antonyms

498 2.8

Hurt physically, often in a fight or accident

288 1.0

Physically hurt, often by an accident or attack

How Wounded

crippled
  • Slur
60 5.8
wounded
498 2.8
injured
288 1.0
bruise
244 1.6
unwounded
1 4.8

Surface Forms

unwounded positive

Morphology

unwounded = wounded (transparent) = un + wound + ed

Standard negative prefixation of the past-participle adjective 'wounded' yields the straightforward meaning 'not injured'.

Etymology

Unwounded is simply un- 'not' plus wound 'injury', the same un- you see in unhappy. So, unwounded means 'not injured' or without physical harm.