unscathed
pronunciation
How to pronounce unscathed in British English:
UK [ʌnˈskeɪðd]
How to pronounce unscathed in American English:
US [ʌnˈskeɪðd]
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- Adjective:
- wholly unharmed
Word Origin
- unscathed (adj.)
- late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of scathe (v.). Mainly in Scottish before 19c. Similar formation in Old Norse ostaðaðr, Swedish oskadad.
Example
- 1. It suggested banks overall would be largely unscathed .
- 2. Upsetting because , as late as last autumn , they dismissed the economic crisis as a western problem that would leave russia unscathed .
- 3. Social-protection programmes have survived relatively unscathed .
- 4. But other emerging markets would not escape unscathed .
- 5. Flush with cash and unscathed by the credit crisis , asian investors have stepped up their purchases of japanese real estate over the past year .