unscathedun‧scathed /ʌnˈskeɪðd/ adjective [not before noun] 
He escaped unscathed from the accident. The government was relatively unscathed by the scandal.
WORD ORIGINunscathed
Origin:
1300-1400 scathe; ➔ SCATHINGEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Few retailers were left unscathed by the recession.
- Most of the passengers escaped from the plane unscathed.
- The bullet grazed the side of his head, leaving him virtually unscathed.
- But Webb was perfectly confident that he could plunge into this fury and emerge unscathed.
- It is true that Jacob will emerge more than just unscathed from the danger that fills his mind as he returns home.
- The burnished copper shone bravely, having only the previous night survived unscathed a particularly concerted attack upon its person.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained relatively unscathed during the last six months, attracting more positive money flow.
- The forefoot showed excessive wear while the heel remained relatively unscathed.
- The government was relatively unscathed by scandals at Lloyd's, the collapse of Johnson Matthey, and the Guinness saga.
- The markets and older residential areas of the city were equally unscathed by modern trends.
THESAURUSnot harmed or damaged
not harmed or damaged: · The children are all safe.
informal safe and not hurt: · I was glad to hear that you were OK.
not hurt: · The kidnappers released the young man unharmed.
not hurt or damaged, after an accident, an attack, or a dangerous experience – used when you are surprised by this: · The baby escaped unscathed.· Miraculously, the old part of the city remained unscathed.
informal not harmed or damaged, especially after a journey or a dangerous experience: · I’m glad you’re home in one piece.
safe, after being in a dangerous situation: · As soon as they were out of danger, they stopped for a rest.· His doctors say he is out of danger.
Longman Language Activatornot hurt or injured to not be hurt, even though you have been in a dangerous situation such as an accident: · The driver of the car was unhurt, but his passenger was killed.escape unhurt: · Six day trippers escaped unhurt when their hot air balloon hit power lines.otherwise unhurt (=apart from a condition that is not serious or physical): · The younger woman was suffering from shock but was otherwise unhurt.shaken/shocked but unhurt (=shocked, but not physically hurt): · The two youths, shaken but unhurt, declined to talk about the incident.
to not be hurt or harmed, even though you have been in a dangerous situation: · The hostages were released unharmed some time afterwards.escape unharmed: · All fourteen people who were working inside the building when the blaze started escaped unharmed.
informal if you have a dangerous experience and escape from it without a scratch , you do not have any injury at all, because you have been very lucky: walk away/escape without a scratch: · All four people in the car were seriously hurt, but the truck driver walked away without a scratch.
informal not seriously hurt in a war, accident etc: · Unlike Ed, Josh returned from the war in one piece.all in one piece: · I was extremely relieved when my son came back from the warzone all in one piece.
to not get injured in a very dangerous situation you have been involved in, because you have been very lucky - used especially in news reports: · I can hardly believe they were able to just walk away from the crash -- I thought they'd all been killed.
written not injured at all, even though you have had a dangerous experience: · The bullet grazed the side of his head, leaving him virtually unscathed.escape/emerge/come out of something unscathed: · Most of the passengers escaped from the plane unscathed.
use this to say that someone will not be hurt if they do something, or was not hurt by doing something, going somewhere etc: · If you keep quiet, you'll come to no harm.· I'm sure Craig's old enough to catch a train into town without coming to any harm.· Fortunately, none of the hostages came to any serious harm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He escaped unscathed from the accident. The government was relatively unscathed by the scandal.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not injured or harmed by somethingescape/emerge unscathed He escaped unscathed from the accident. The government was relatively unscathed by the scandal.· Two policemen were killed, but the president escaped unharmed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The government was relatively unscathed by scandals at Lloyd's, the collapse of Johnson Matthey, and the Guinness saga.· I breezed through college relatively unscathed.· The forefoot showed excessive wear while the heel remained relatively unscathed.· The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained relatively unscathed during the last six months, attracting more positive money flow.· Most significant for Ipswich, though, is that they seem to have come out of their winter blip relatively unscathed.· Much has been made of the fact that San Francisco emerged relatively unscathed from Loma Prieta.· Byrne dragged Stephen's body to a relatively unscathed section while Hunt went in search of help.
He escaped unscathed from the accident. The government was relatively unscathed by the scandal.