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uninjured

/əˈnɪnʤərd/
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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.

Definitions of uninjured
  1. adjective
    not injured physically or mentally
    synonyms:
    unbroken
    not broken; whole and intact; in one piece
    undamaged
    not harmed or spoiled; sound
    unimpaired
    not damaged or diminished in any respect
    intact, inviolate
    not injured physically or mentally
    uncut
    not cut
    unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole
    not injured
    unwounded
    not wounded
    safe
    free from danger or the risk of harm
    sound
    financially secure and safe
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    antonyms:
    injured
    harmed
    broken
    physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
    damaged
    harmed or injured or spoiled
    impaired
    diminished in strength, quality, or utility
    battle-scarred
    scarred by battle
    black-and-blue, livid
    discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
    disjointed, dislocated, separated
    separated at the joint
    eviscerate
    having been disembowelled
    hurt, wounded
    suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
    lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn
    having edges that are jagged from injury
    raw
    having the surface exposed and painful
    unsound
    not sound financially
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