as in unharmed
not hurt, harmed, or damaged
She escaped from the wreckage unscathed. The administration was left relatively unscathed by the scandal.
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Recent Examples of unscathed
No one expected former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to escape unscathed with Republicans in the White House and dominating both houses of Congress.
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Daniel Cohan, The Conversation, 10 June 2025
The digestive perks spring mainly from how this starch moves through your small intestine relatively unscathed.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 May 2025
But while the intense gravity in a merger would rip some stars apart and throw many solar systems into disarray, most stars would be unscathed due to the vast distances between them, writes National Geographic’s Robin George Andrews.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
Celebrities who enjoy this experience are the rare beings who have conquered the beast and come out relatively unscathed.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Daniel Cohan, The Conversation, 10 June 2025
The digestive perks spring mainly from how this starch moves through your small intestine relatively unscathed.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 May 2025
But while the intense gravity in a merger would rip some stars apart and throw many solar systems into disarray, most stars would be unscathed due to the vast distances between them, writes National Geographic’s Robin George Andrews.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
Celebrities who enjoy this experience are the rare beings who have conquered the beast and come out relatively unscathed.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscathed
unharmed
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The three women lived in the Moscow home with two female roommates who went physically unharmed in the attack early on a Sunday morning.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
19 June 2025
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The report notes that MJF was unharmed and laughed the situation off.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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“Unscathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscathed. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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