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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Entire swathes of the Kremlin's military have emerged—so far—from more than three and a half years of full-scale war with its neighbor unscathed, but Russia's defense industry has still worked hard to pump out more hardware and weapons.
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Ellie Cook — Reporting From Prague, Czech Republic, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
While Cassellius said most MPS schools were unscathed, there were 24 schools that experienced flooding.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Weeks after being struck by boats off the coast of Australia, a pair of rare whales has now surfaced hundreds of miles away, apparently unscathed.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
Johnson, a romantic heroine who always seems to be silently deconstructing the idea of romance, is poised enough to emerge unscathed.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Ellie Cook — Reporting From Prague, Czech Republic, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
While Cassellius said most MPS schools were unscathed, there were 24 schools that experienced flooding.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Weeks after being struck by boats off the coast of Australia, a pair of rare whales has now surfaced hundreds of miles away, apparently unscathed.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
Johnson, a romantic heroine who always seems to be silently deconstructing the idea of romance, is poised enough to emerge unscathed.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscathed
unharmed
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The woman was unharmed, police said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The plane managed to make a safe landing at Plovdiv Airport in central Bulgaria with everyone onboard unharmed.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Unscathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscathed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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