单词 | uninjured |
释义 | uninjured (once / 3162 pages) adj Uninjured means not hurt. If the quarterback in a football game gets slammed into the ground, everyone hopes he gets up uninjured. Uninjured requires a specific context to make any sense. If someone asks you how you're doing this morning, you're probably not going to say, "Oh, you know, I'm uninjured." But if you're involved in dangerous work or in any situation where injury is possible, "I'm uninjured" is a meaningful statement (and a great relief). So we only use this word when it's possible for you to get injured, or it looks like you have been. WORD FAMILYinjured: injuredly, uninjured+/injure: injured, injures, injuring, injury/injurious: injuriously, injuriousness/injury: injuries, injurious USAGE EXAMPLESThe round missed and the victim was uninjured, police said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) His wife called police and escaped the house, uninjured. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) The other people in the crash were uninjured or suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) adj not injured physically or mentally Syn|Ant unbroken not broken; whole and intact; in one piece undamagednot harmed or spoiled; sound unimpairednot damaged or diminished in any respect intact, inviolate(of a woman) having the hymen unbroken uncutnot cut unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, wholenot injured unwoundednot wounded safefree from danger or the risk of harm soundfinancially secure and safe injured harmed brokenphysically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split damagedharmed or injured or spoiled impaireddiminished in strength, quality, or utility battle-scarredscarred by battle black-and-blue, lividdiscolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin disjointed, dislocated, separatedseparated at the joint evisceratehaving been disembowelled hurt, woundedsuffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle lacerate, lacerated, mangled, tornhaving edges that are jagged from injury rawhaving the surface exposed and painful unsoundnot sound financially |
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