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
But Forbes bounced back with a pair of strikeouts to escape the jam unscathed.
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Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Survivors recount their harrowing encounters with massive sharks, where some emerged miraculously unscathed and others were less fortunate.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 5 July 2025
Chicago loaded the bases in the fourth, but Senzatela nearly escaped unscathed when Colson Montgomery lined out to Toglia for the second out.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 July 2025
This is not the first time Combs has emerged largely unscathed from a criminal trial where the weight of the law seemed stacked against him.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2025
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Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Survivors recount their harrowing encounters with massive sharks, where some emerged miraculously unscathed and others were less fortunate.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 5 July 2025
Chicago loaded the bases in the fourth, but Senzatela nearly escaped unscathed when Colson Montgomery lined out to Toglia for the second out.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 July 2025
This is not the first time Combs has emerged largely unscathed from a criminal trial where the weight of the law seemed stacked against him.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscathed
unharmed
Adjective
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His leg went numb, but his sense of humor was unharmed.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 July 2025
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Authorities were called to the scene just before 6 a.m. to investigate reports of a crash between a 2025 Nissan Rogue carrying five occupants and a 2019 Honda CR-V, carrying only the driver, who was unharmed.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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“Unscathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscathed. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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