Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not tampered with; intact.
- adjective Not violated or breached.
- adjective Uninterrupted; continuous.
- adjective Not tamed or broken to harness.
- adjective Not disordered or disturbed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not broken; whole; entire; hence, left in its integrity; not violated.
- Not weakened; not crushed; not subdued: as, a mind unbroken by age.
- Not tamed or rendered tractable; not taught; not accustomed to the saddle, harness, or yoke: as, an unbroken horse or ox.
- Not interrupted; undisturbed: as, unbroken slumbers; hence, regular.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not broken; continuous; unsubdued.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Whole, not divided into parts.
- adjective Describing a
horse that has not been tamed. - adjective Continuous, without interruption.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
- adjective not subdued or trained for service or use
- adjective (of farmland) not plowed
- adjective not broken; whole and intact; in one piece
- adjective marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence
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Examples
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I guess the unbroken is a ironically about her hymen.
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For a time each blow brought a yelp from him; but fear passed into terror, until finally his yelps were voiced in unbroken succession, unconnected with the rhythm of the punishment.
The Bondage 2010
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Crack the eggs over the skillet -- ideally all yolks would remain unbroken, but one of mine broke.
Archive 2009-09-01 Laura 2009
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Ginna, the best way to get the eggs out unbroken is to temper the chocolate, that way your eggs not only stay intact but they also have a smooth texture, good bite and a brilliant sheen.
Homemade Peanut Butter-Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs | Baking Bites 2009
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Crack the eggs over the skillet -- ideally all yolks would remain unbroken, but one of mine broke.
Feta Cheese With Eggs, Peppers, Zucchini, & Tomatoes Laura 2009
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We lived together in unbroken harmony for twenty years.
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We pause over them and the thoughts they suggest, comparing them in unbroken silence with our own experience.
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We pause over them and the thoughts they suggest, comparing them in unbroken silence with our own experience.
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Between July 19 and Aug. 9 of that year, heat records were set on nine days and they remain unbroken more than three-quarters of a century later.
Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer 2006
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A record we earnestly trust will remain unbroken for as long a time as he is available.
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