Meanings
unbroken1
- not comparableWhole, not divided into parts.
After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.
1 more example
A considerable amount of unbroken stone is brought down to Ravenglass and used locally.
1951 June, “Notes and News: The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 423Synonyms: complete, entire, in one piece, undivided, whole
- not comparableContinuous, without interruption.
The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.
1 more example
The climb out of Aberdeen is a most forbidding proposition to an engine starting cold; it is quite unbroken for 7 miles up the cliffs to milepost 234.
1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 14
unbroken2
- participlepastpast participle of unbreak
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWhole, not divided into parts.
describing a horse
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemarked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence
adjective(of farmland) not plowed
adjectivenot broken; whole and intact; in one piece
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
unbroken · adjective
- Old Englishunġebrocen“unbroken”
- Middle Englishunbroken
- Englishunbroken
From Middle English unbroken, from Old English unġebrocen (“unbroken”), equivalent to un- + broken. Cognate with Dutch ongebroken (“unbroken”), German Low German unbroken (“unbroken”), German ungebrochen (“unbroken”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄθραυστος, ἀρραγής
- ἄθραυστος (áthraustos)whole, not divided into parts
- ἀρραγής (arrhagḗs)whole, not divided into parts
- ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)whole, not divided into parts
- ἄκλαστος (áklastos)whole, not divided into parts
- ἄκλαστος (áklastos)continuous, without interruption
Bulgarian цял, необязден
- цял (cjal)whole, not divided into parts
- необязден (neobjazden)of a horse, that has not been tamed
- непрекъснат (neprekăsnat)continuous, without interruption
Catalan sencer, continu
- sencerwhole, not divided into parts
- continucontinuous, without interruption
Dutch heel
- heelwhole, not divided into parts
Esperanto nerompita
- nerompitacontinuous, without interruption
French entier, continu
- entierwhole, not divided into parts
- continucontinuous, without interruption
- ininterrompucontinuous, without interruption
Greek αθρυμμάτιστος
- αθρυμμάτιστος (athrymmátistos)whole, not divided into parts
Hindi अनटूटा
- अनटूटा (anṭūṭā)whole, not divided into parts
Hungarian töretlen
- töretlencontinuous, without interruption
Irish neamhcheansaithe
- neamhcheansaitheof a horse, that has not been tamed
Italian intero, continuo
- interowhole, not divided into parts
- continuocontinuous, without interruption
- ininterrottocontinuous, without interruption
Latin irruptus
- irruptuswhole, not divided into parts
Māori motukore, tāhuhu
- motukorewhole, not divided into parts
- tāhuhucontinuous, without interruption
Portuguese contínuo
- contínuocontinuous, without interruption
Russian необъе́зженный
- необъе́зженный (neobʺjézžennyj)of a horse, that has not been tamed
Cite this entry
unbroken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbroken
“unbroken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbroken. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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