undamaged

adjective un·dam·aged \ ˌən-ˈda-mijd \

|Updated on: 22 Jun 2018

Definition of undamaged

: not damaged or harmed

crops undamaged by drought

undamaged goods

a building that survived the war undamaged

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Recent Examples of undamaged from the Web

Sarepta is focusing its research efforts on younger boys, who are more apt to respond well to a gene therapy because their muscles are relatively undamaged.

— adam feuerstein, STAT, "With tantalizing early results, Sarepta’s gene therapy for Duchenne raises hopes for ‘real change’," 19 June 2018
Pictures circulated on social media showed the plane missing a windshield, though the aircraft appeared otherwise undamaged.

— trefor moss, WSJ, "China Investigating How Cockpit Windshield Blew Out of Sichuan Airlines Flight," 15 May 2018
Puerto Rico also requires that deaths be confirmed by a medical examiner, a standard that researchers said could contribute to undercounting deaths on an island where no corner was left undamaged.

— jenny staletovich, miamiherald, "Maria death toll likely topped 4,000 in Puerto Rico, 70 times official count, study finds," 29 May 2018
Coffee shop refuses to serve man who confronted Muslim woman in niqab More Money: Americans more likely to buy electric cars, AAA study finds In addition, Meridian is producing truck parts again in the undamaged portions of it Eaton Rapids factory.

— phoebe wall howard, USA TODAY, "Ford plans to resume production of critical F-150 pickup Friday," 16 May 2018
Now, engineers may have solved the mystery of how the building has managed to survive, undamaged, for centuries.

— doyle rice, USA TODAY, "Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?," 10 May 2018
While firefighters tapped out the blaze around 1:45 p.m., tensions heated outside the garage as students and faculty were blocked from getting their undamaged vehicles out.

— robert downen, Houston Chronicle, "11 vehicles catch fire at University of Houston," 26 Apr. 2018
Russia certainly has a lab similar to BAE's where its researchers could examine undamaged seekers or communications antennas from a recovered Tomahawk and test their defenses against the American tech.

— joe pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "What Happens to a Cruise Missile Captured by the Russians," 26 Apr. 2018
His complexion was ghoulishly youthful, undamaged by the sun: dirty cops don’t dare go on the yard.

— naomi fry, The New Yorker, "Rachel Kushner’s Immersive Fiction," 23 Apr. 2018

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