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unscathed

Meaning

Not experiencing any injury, damage, or impairment.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The old car hit the tree with a loud crash, but when the driver got out, he was completely unscathed. Not a scratch on him. He felt so lucky to be alive, not hurt at all by the wreck.

The ancient astrolabe, battered by centuries of shifting sands and forgotten expeditions, was finally recovered. Miraculously, its delicate etched markings and intricate gears were completely unscathed, a perfect relic from a time long past, ready to be studied.

The tightrope walker swayed precariously, but her foot landed firmly. The crowd held its breath, then roared as she continued her act, completely unscathed by the near fall. Her smile was wide, relief washing over her face as she reached the other side, unharmed.

The brave hamster, Sir Reginald Fluffernutter, leaped from his wheel, aiming for the couch. He landed with a tiny squeak, somehow completely unscathed by the perilous drop. His tiny adventure was a roaring success, leaving him perfectly fine and ready for more fluffy mayhem.

Barnaby the badger, after an epic tumble down a rainbow-colored slide made of giant cheese wheels, landed in a fluffy cloud of cotton candy. He shook his head, surprised he emerged entirely unscathed, not even a single sticky strand out of place, ready for his next cheesy adventure.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The car swerved, tires screeching, but somehow, miraculously, it missed the deer. When the driver finally pulled over, heart pounding, they stepped out completely unharmed, utterly unscathed by the near miss.

The drone, spinning wildly after the unexpected updraft, plummeted toward the rocky terrain. We all braced for the crunch of metal and plastic. But it landed with a soft thud, miraculously unscathed, not even a scratch on its delicate sensor array.

The micro-bot, designed for deep-sea vent exploration, surfaced after enduring immense pressure and scalding water. Its delicate sensors and intricate wiring, which could have easily failed, were completely unscathed, a testament to its robust engineering.

My cat, Sir Reginald, launched himself from the bookshelf, aiming for the chandelier. He missed, landing with a soft *thump* on the rug. After a brief, theatrical shake, he sauntered off, entirely unscathed by his aerial acrobatics, probably already plotting his next ridiculous stunt.

The squirrel, a seasoned acrobat of the power lines, leaped for a discarded pizza crust. It misjudged the distance, gravity asserted its dominance, and the furry bandit tumbled. Miraculously, it landed on a pile of freshly raked leaves, completely unscathed, then sauntered off as if it had planned the whole chaotic descent.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The old house stood firm against the storm, its timbers groaning but unbroken. When the winds finally died down, the homeowner surveyed the damage. Miraculously, their treasured antique vase, left on a windowsill, was completely unscathed, not a chip or crack to be seen.

The antique chronometer, shaken violently by the tremor, landed on the plush carpet. Miraculously, after the entire display of porcelain insulators fell around it, the delicate mechanism remained unscathed, its intricate gears still ticking with precise regularity.

The rare astropod burrowed deep into the seismic vent, its bioluminescent scales flickering. When the magma flow subsided, the creature emerged, its delicate tendrils and iridescent shell entirely unscathed by the molten rock and crushing pressure.

Barnaby the badger, renowned for his *intrepid* culinary experiments, narrowly avoided catastrophe when his soufflé achieved sentience and attempted an escape. Miraculously, after a brief, flour-dusted skirmish involving a whisk and a strategically deployed tea towel, Barnaby emerged from the kitchen *unscathed*, though his favorite apron bore a faint, almond-scented scorch mark.

After a perilous journey through a labyrinth of sentient cheese wheels, Bartholomew the badger, surprisingly, emerged completely unscathed. He had navigated past the cheddar sentinels and a particularly pungent gorgonzola trap, his fluffy tail merely dusted with parmesan.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The precariously balanced antique vase, having teetered on the edge for what felt like an eternity, finally tumbled. Miraculously, it landed on the plush rug below, completely unscathed, leaving us all with a collective, palpable sigh of relief.

The intrepid mycologist, having navigated the treacherous subterranean grottos filled with phosphorescent fungi and seismic tremors, emerged from the cavern's maw utterly unscathed. Despite the perilous descent and the volatile geological conditions that threatened collapse at every turn, her specialized equipment and keen observational skills ensured she suffered no injury, damage, or impairment whatsoever.

The clandestine operative, having navigated the labyrinthine tunnels and outmaneuvered the pursuing sentinels, emerged from the breach into the pre-dawn chill, utterly unscathed, not a scratch upon their person despite the perilous ordeal.

The daredevil juggler, perched precariously atop a teetering unicycle, narrowly avoided a catastrophic cascade of flaming chainsaws. Miraculously, after a flurry of near misses that would have rendered a lesser mortal a charbroiled spectacle, he alighted safely, utterly unscathed, save for a few singed eyebrow hairs and a profound existential dread.

The intrepid astrophysicist, after a prolonged spelunking expedition into a particularly nebulous region of spacetime, emerged from a temporal vortex utterly unscathed, his meticulously curated collection of interstellar dust bunnies miraculously intact. He attributed his good fortune to a judicious application of quantum foam conditioner and an unfaltering belief in the inherent resilience of lint.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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