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UNHURT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unhurt mean?
• UNHURT (adjective)
The adjective UNHURT has 2 senses:
1. not injured or harmed
2. free from danger or injury
Familiarity information: UNHURT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not injured or harmed
Synonyms:
unharmed; unhurt; unscathed; whole
Similar:
uninjured (not injured physically or mentally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Free from danger or injury
Synonyms:
safe and sound; unhurt
Context example:
the children were found safe and sound
Similar:
safe (free from danger or the risk of harm)
Context examples
We ran over and saw him spring unhurt from the ground.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Roderigo and Don Pedro flew to the rescue, and all were taken out unhurt, though many were speechless with laughter.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“You’ll find nothing gruesome down there,” he said, “only an unhurt man securely made fast to the ring-bolts. Bullets are liable to come aboard, and I don’t want you killed, you know.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I am thin, so, with his aid, I got out, but feet foremost, and, as we were only a few feet above ground, landed unhurt.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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