unhurt

adjective

un·​hurt ˌən-ˈhərt How to pronounce unhurt (audio)
: not hurt : intact, uninjured
was unhurt after the fall

Examples of unhurt in a Sentence

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Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and begins to care for Laura with motherly devotion. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 June 2025 The thirty-nine-year-old Amelia Earhart and her crew of two navigators, Fred Noonan and Harry Manning, crawled out of the wreckage, unsettled but otherwise unhurt. Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025 Owens was unhurt, but the same could not be said of the building, which was damaged along with the chimney itself, Wilson said. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for unhurt

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unhurt was in the 13th century

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“Unhurt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhurt. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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