unscathed

What it means

1. not comparableNot harmed or damaged in any way; untouched.

   He was quite relieved to finish the conversation unscathed.

   4 more examples

   On Tyneside, the suburban electric services were relatively unscathed by the conditions.

   1962 March 28, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159

   This was not the cagey, cautious approach which had been widely anticipated. Rather, it was a signal that McCoist had reached a fairly significant conclusion – that his only hope of getting through this storm unscathed was to get his fragile team back on the front foot.

   2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record

   This final running sore through several years did not leave the Queen unscathed, since it was clear that the palace had neglected its duty, either to persuade Charles to give up his long-running affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, or to protect and advise Diana how to cope with the international celebrity that had suddenly been thrust upon her.

   2022 September 8, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

   De Bruyne had made just one Premier League appearance before he was injured but he came through his 33-minute appearance unscathed to hand Guardiola a welcome boost heading into the second half of the campaign.

   2024 January 7, Gary Rose, “Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town”, in BBC Sport

In a sentence

He was quite relieved to finish the conversation unscathed.

Where it comes from

1. Early Scotsunscathit
2. Middle Scotsunskaithit
3. Englishunscathed

A calque of Middle Scots unskaithit, from Early Scots unscathit; by surface analysis, un- + scathed.