undisturbed

adjective

un·​dis·​turbed ˌən-di-ˈstərbd How to pronounce undisturbed (audio)
: not disturbed : not altered or interfered with
allowing the dough to rest undisturbed
wanted to read undisturbed for a few hours
a pristine forest undisturbed by humans
: not agitated or troubled
was surprisingly undisturbed by the news

Examples of undisturbed in a Sentence

didn't tell him the sad news until after the test, so he would remain undisturbed
Recent Examples on the Web The other canoes will remain undisturbed at the bottom of the lakebed. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024 Hundreds of thousands of acres of mostly undisturbed wetlands, marshes and forests are somewhat hard to come by these days, making this a prime destination for birds and other wildlife to live or just pass through on their migration journey. Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 29 May 2024 Congress has left the third-party doctrine largely undisturbed. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2024 Unless they were violently ejected from a solar system—unlikely, given their delicate, undisturbed dance—the free-floating pairs challenge astronomers’ long-standing notion that planets can form only within a star’s orbit. Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for undisturbed 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1610, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of undisturbed was circa 1610

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“Undisturbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undisturbed. Accessed 20 Jun. 2024.

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