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
Compared to Asheville neighborhoods like Biltmore Village and the River Arts District, Leicester was relatively unscathed.
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Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
Despite widespread fears of a systemwide collapse by some public activists and advocates, America's national parks appear to have weathered the bulk of the summer tourist season largely unscathed.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Private firefighters hired by Rick Caruso, the real estate developer who ran unsuccessfully in 2022 to be the city’s mayor, kept his Palisades Village estate almost unscathed.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
That First Amendment right is at the heart of South Park, which for decades has taken its non-partisan, no-one-escapes-unscathed approach to comedy to extreme and hilarious ends.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
Despite widespread fears of a systemwide collapse by some public activists and advocates, America's national parks appear to have weathered the bulk of the summer tourist season largely unscathed.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Private firefighters hired by Rick Caruso, the real estate developer who ran unsuccessfully in 2022 to be the city’s mayor, kept his Palisades Village estate almost unscathed.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
That First Amendment right is at the heart of South Park, which for decades has taken its non-partisan, no-one-escapes-unscathed approach to comedy to extreme and hilarious ends.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscathed
unharmed
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The three women lived in the King Road home with two female roommates who went physically unharmed in the knife attack, and Chapin was Kernodle’s boyfriend and slept over for the night.—
Darin Oswald,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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The other detainees who witnessed the shooting were unharmed and will continue immigration proceedings, officials said on Thursday.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Unscathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscathed. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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