as in unharmed
not hurt, harmed, or damaged
She escaped from the wreckage unscathed. The administration was left relatively unscathed by the scandal.
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Recent Examples of unscathed
While Cena came out mostly unscathed, there was one person who wasn’t participating in the match that took one of the hardest bumps of the night.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
Pixar movies tend to thrive on the basis of their worlds; the galactic landscape—which emerged unscathed from all the tweaking—felt far too thinly sketched to me, even setting aside the low-stakes adventure taking place within it.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
His nation has emerged unscathed from the 12-day war between Israel, the U.S and Iran.
—Karen Elliott House, Time, 10 July 2025
Greater Cincinnati was thrashed by severe weather Wednesday night and into the early morning hours Thursday, but emerged largely unscathed compared with the deadly storms that swept across the central U.S. causing widespread damage.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
Pixar movies tend to thrive on the basis of their worlds; the galactic landscape—which emerged unscathed from all the tweaking—felt far too thinly sketched to me, even setting aside the low-stakes adventure taking place within it.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
His nation has emerged unscathed from the 12-day war between Israel, the U.S and Iran.
—Karen Elliott House, Time, 10 July 2025
Greater Cincinnati was thrashed by severe weather Wednesday night and into the early morning hours Thursday, but emerged largely unscathed compared with the deadly storms that swept across the central U.S. causing widespread damage.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscathed
unharmed
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The attack targeted the offices of Rudin Management, where Tamura shot another victim before taking his own life, police said, adding that one woman who emerged from an elevator was allowed to pass by the gunman unharmed during the deadly assault.—
Adeola Adeosun
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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The residents escaped unharmed. Deputies — including a K-9 unit and drone team — responded to the scene and attempted to negotiate a peaceful surrender, the Sheriff’s Office wrote in an earlier X post.—
Ethan Wolin
July 21,
Sacbee.com,
21 July 2025
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