unbroken
adj/ʌnˈbɹoʊkn̩/US/ʌnˈbɹəʊkn̩/UK
Etymology
From Middle English unbroken, from Old English unġebrocen (“unbroken”), equivalent to un- + broken. Cognate with Dutch ongebroken (“unbroken”), German Low German unbroken (“unbroken”), German ungebrochen (“unbroken”).
- inherited from unbroken
Definitions
Whole, not divided into parts.
- After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.
- A considerable amount of unbroken stone is brought down to Ravenglass and used locally.
Of a horse, not tamed.
- There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.
Continuous, without interruption.
- The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.
- The climb out of Aberdeen is a most forbidding proposition to an engine starting cold; it is quite unbroken for 7 miles up the cliffs to milepost 234.
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past participle of unbreak
The neighborhood
- synonymcontinuous
- synonymuninterrupted
- antonymbrokenwhole
- antonymshatterwhole
- antonymsmashwhole
- antonymsplitwhole
- antonymdomesticateddescribing a horse
- antonymtamedescribing a horse
- antonymtameddescribing a horse
- antonyminterrupt
- neighborunbreakable
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA