Definition of unbroken
: not broken: such asa : not violatedb : whole, intact unbroken skinc : not subdued : untamed; especially : not trained for service or use unbroken coltsd : continuous miles of unbroken foreste : not plowedf : not disorganized advanced in unbroken ranks
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Examples of unbroken in a Sentence
an unbroken row of trees
eight hours of unbroken sleep
The band has had an unbroken string of hits.
The Olympic record he set is still unbroken.
Recent Examples of unbroken from the Web
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After five full years of unbroken excellence, Djokovic has now gone five majors without a title—failing to reach the semis in four of them—after retiring here with an elbow injury.
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No fireworks are supposed to be sold where paints, oil or gasoline are sold unless the explosives are kept in their original, unbroken containers.
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There is also nothing quite as exquisite as waking up to a field of yellow flowers blanketing the meadow in late spring, or to waking up on a cold winter morning to see that same meadow blanketed with unbroken deep snow.
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The Russian flexaton was a musical saw, which was capable of producing a fluid unbroken line to float just audibly above piano and strings.
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But his personal life, much like his oeuvre, is an unbroken chain of romantic folly.
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One of the longest unbroken segments of Route 66 stretches from Kingman to Seligman, a flat black ribbon that rambled between endless fields of green scrub ringed by distant purple mountains.
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And for the first 170 years of the federal courts there was apparently an unbroken practice of not giving national injunctions.
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In the corner stands a gleaming chrome shovel, a reminder that his job as mayor – a near-unbroken run since 1978 – is largely ceremonial; Mr. Pearson is the chief executive.
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First Known Use of unbroken
14th century
UNBROKEN Defined for English Language Learners
unbroken
playDefinition of unbroken for English Language Learners
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: not damaged or broken
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: not interrupted
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of a record : not beaten or improved upon : not surpassed
UNBROKEN Defined for Kids
unbroken
playDefinition of unbroken for Students
1 : not damaged : whole
2 : not interrupted : continuous unbroken sleep
3 : not tamed for use an unbroken colt
Medical Dictionary
unbroken
playMedical Definition of unbroken
: not broken unbroken skin
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