unbroken
pronunciation
How to pronounce unbroken in British English:
UK [ʌnˈbrəʊkən]
How to pronounce unbroken in American English:
US [ʌnˈbroʊkən]
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- Adjective:
- marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence
- not subdued or trained for service or use
- (of farmland) not plowed
- (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
- not broken; whole and intact; in one piece
Word Origin
- unbroken (adj.)
- c. 1300, in reference to vows or compacts, from un- (1) "not" + broken. Attested from late 15c. in reference to material things; 1510s in reference to courage, spirit, etc.; 1530s in reference to horses; 1560s in reference to the flow of time. Old English had ungebrocen.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Choose dresses over skirts to create an unbroken vertical line .
- 2. As well as being the most intricate story , it is the only unbroken one , the only story that had a witness present from start to finish and every moment in between .
- 3. A country with a far larger population , an even more heterogeneous culture and an unbroken history of autocratic and imperial rule has run a remarkably successful democracy for the past 60 years .
- 4. Be wary of websites or email addresses that you don 't recognise and always look out for the security icon ( a locked padlock or unbroken key symbol ) in the bottom of your browser window .
- 5. Possuelo carried a satellite telephone , but that offered only an illusion of security because the irregular terrain and unbroken forest canopy precluded the landing of a helicopter .