Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not wounded; not hurt; not injured by external violence.
  • Not hurt; not offended: as, unwounded ears.

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  • adjective Not wounded.

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  • adjective not wounded

Etymologies

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un- +‎ wounded

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Examples

  • He had the misfortune to escape unwounded from the fatal battle of Pavia, while endeavoring to save the remains of the routed army; and it has been alleged that, on his arrival at Lyon, where he found his wife and mother-in-law, he was received by them both with the most contumelious reproaches, and that, unable to endure his shame and remorse, he died a few days after.

    The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre 1855

  • The men with the axes dropped their tools and took to their heels into the forest -- those of them who were unwounded, that is to say -- while the greater part fell dead and dying into the ravine.

    Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru Harry Collingwood 1886

  • Roper Trevor Brazile, one of the few "unwounded" contestants, won the all-around title for the seventh time, tying Ty Murray's record.

    Clovis News Journal : News 2009

  • Roper Trevor Brazile, one of the few "unwounded" contestants, won the all-around title for the seventh time, tying Ty Murray's record.

    Clovis News Journal : News 2009

  • A wage is negotiated, and the sitter is paid at the end of the job, provided the house is intact, and the kids are unwounded and asleep.

    Accountability 2010

  • A wage is negotiated, and the sitter is paid at the end of the job, provided the house is intact, and the kids are unwounded and asleep.

    adventures in babysitting 2009

  • A wage is negotiated, and the sitter is paid at the end of the job, provided the house is intact, and the kids are unwounded and asleep.

    Integrity 2010

  • They say that he and his fellows even dared to crawl unwounded, amid the wounded, into the hospital cots under the Red Cross, and to draw blankets over themselves and the Mausers, and to crawl out occasionally to the roofs for another shot at our sailors.

    Mexico's Army and Ours 2010

  • A wage is negotiated, and the sitter is paid at the end of the job, provided the house is intact, and the kids are unwounded and asleep.

    Economics 2010

  • A wage is negotiated, and the sitter is paid at the end of the job, provided the house is intact, and the kids are unwounded and asleep.

    Transparency 2010

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