unconquered
adjective
un·con·quered
ˌən-ˈkäŋ-kərd 
: not overcome, defeated, or subjugated especially by military force : not conquered
unconquered territories
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Yet the earth’s poles remained unconquered.
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New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021
Vindolanda sits one mile south of Hadrian’s Wall, a 73-mile stone barrier constructed around 122 A.D. to mark the edge of the Roman Empire and defend against incursions by the unconquered tribes of Scotland, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2020
But one in particular, the bakery’s elaborate croissants, has remained unconquered.
—Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 13 May 2020
The disease remains unconquered, killing tens of thousands of Americans every year, and hundreds of thousands in the rest of the world.
—Lawrence Wright, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
The Genesis Invitational begins Thursday at Riviera, a familiar and yet unconquered territory for the 44-year-old Woods.
—Juliakate E. Culpepper, Golfweek, 11 Feb. 2020
Yet a small part of us remains free and unconquered.
—John Matteson, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2020
Wounded Knee holds both the bloody abyss and the unconquered vision of this continent’s First Peoples.
—Julian Brave Noisecat, Harper's magazine, 5 Dec. 2019
In 1911, the Matterhorn's last remaining unconquered ridge, the Furggen, was ascended, and 20 years later, the north and south faces were climbed.
—Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 1 Aug. 2019
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New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021
Vindolanda sits one mile south of Hadrian’s Wall, a 73-mile stone barrier constructed around 122 A.D. to mark the edge of the Roman Empire and defend against incursions by the unconquered tribes of Scotland, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2020
But one in particular, the bakery’s elaborate croissants, has remained unconquered.
—Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 13 May 2020
The disease remains unconquered, killing tens of thousands of Americans every year, and hundreds of thousands in the rest of the world.
—Lawrence Wright, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
The Genesis Invitational begins Thursday at Riviera, a familiar and yet unconquered territory for the 44-year-old Woods.
—Juliakate E. Culpepper, Golfweek, 11 Feb. 2020
Yet a small part of us remains free and unconquered.
—John Matteson, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2020
Wounded Knee holds both the bloody abyss and the unconquered vision of this continent’s First Peoples.
—Julian Brave Noisecat, Harper's magazine, 5 Dec. 2019
In 1911, the Matterhorn's last remaining unconquered ridge, the Furggen, was ascended, and 20 years later, the north and south faces were climbed.
—Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 1 Aug. 2019
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First Known Use
1549, in the meaning defined above
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