undefeated

adjective

un·​de·​feat·​ed ˌən-di-ˈfē-təd How to pronounce undefeated (audio)
-dē-
: not defeated : not having suffered a defeat
an undefeated team/player
: not including any losses or defeats
an undefeated season
a team with an undefeated record

Examples of undefeated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Both are among the Bay Area News Group’s Top 20 and undefeated in league play. Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024 The four joined the Torrey Pines team, boosting the Falcons to an undefeated regular season. Ivan Orozco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024 Under the leadership of head coach Monte Pace, Heritage is undefeated ahead of the state semifinals. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024 South Carolina was 37-0 going into Sunday's game, becoming the first undefeated champion since UConn in 2016. CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024 South Carolina and Iowa went head-to-head yesterday in the NCAA women’s basketball final, and South Carolina’s 87-75 victory sealed its undefeated season. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024 Steph Chambers / Getty Images The undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks kept their winning streak going to take home their third national championship title, beating Iowa 87-75. Josh Feldman, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2024 The South Carolina Gamecocks enter the Final Four as the overwhelming favorite to win the national championship after a undefeated campaign in which the team has swept aside everyone and everything put before it. Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024 The team is undefeated in the five games Messi played and has lost two of the three without him, including the 4-0 loss on the road to New York Red Bulls last weekend. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of undefeated was circa 1775

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“Undefeated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undefeated. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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