Meanings
- not comparablenot having been thrashed or beaten
- not comparablenot defeated
Arsenal went 25 games unbeaten.
1 more example
That startling admission capped a miserable night for City as they arrived in Germany following an unbeaten start to the season.
2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport
plural unbeatens
- A team or competitor that has not been defeated.
We had done the impossible. We had beaten the unbeatens.
2008, Nick Catalano, New York Nights: Writing, Producing and Performing in Gotham, page 2711 more example
This left the Buckeyes and the defending national champion Miami Hurricanes as the nation's only unbeatens.
2003, Paul Keels, Paul Keels' Tales from the Buckeyes Championship Season, page 66
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot conquered
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishon bete
- Englishunbeaten
From Middle English on bete, unbeten, unibeten; equivalent to un- + beaten; compare Old English ungebeitne (“unhewn”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian непобеден
- непобеден (nepobeden)not defeated
Catalan invicte
- invictenot defeated
Greek αήττητος
- αήττητος (aḯttitos)not defeated
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unbeaten
All rhymes →Cite this entry
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