Meanings
comparative more unharmed · superlative most unharmed
- Which has not suffered harm; which has not been injured or damaged.
A dozen rams as well as other livestock animals that were housed in a different part of the farm were unharmed by the fire.
2026, “Fire at the Ross Farm”, in Pamela K. Schultz, editor, Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 381 more example
The oldest Weaver girls, Sara, 16, and Rachel, 10, were unharmed, as was their infant sister, Elisheba, whom Vicki had been holding when a sniper’s bullet crashed into her head.
1996 May 18, Howard Rosenberg, “‘Ruby Ridge’: A Tragedy or an Inevitable End?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2025Synonyms: in one piece, safe and sound, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWhich has not suffered harm; which has not been injured or damaged.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishharmed
- Englishunharmed
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀβλαβής, ἀσινής
- ἀβλαβής (ablabḗs)which has not suffered harm
- ἀσινής (asinḗs)which has not suffered harm
Bulgarian невреди́м
- невреди́м (nevredím)which has not suffered harm
Czech nedotčený, nezraněný
- nedotčenýwhich has not suffered harm
- nezraněnýwhich has not suffered harm
Dutch ongedeerd, onbeschadigd
- ongedeerdwhich has not suffered harm
- onbeschadigdwhich has not suffered harm
French indemne
- indemnewhich has not suffered harm
German unversehrt, ungeschoren
- unversehrtwhich has not suffered harm
- ungeschorenwhich has not suffered harm
Italian illeso, incolume
- illesowhich has not suffered harm
- incolumewhich has not suffered harm
- indennewhich has not suffered harm
- intattowhich has not suffered harm
- senza un graffiowhich has not suffered harm
- sano e salvowhich has not suffered harm
Japanese 無事な
- 無事な (buji na)which has not suffered harm
Korean 무사하다
- 무사하다 (musahada)which has not suffered harm
Latin illaesus, incolumis
- illaesuswhich has not suffered harm
- incolumiswhich has not suffered harm
Portuguese ileso, incólume
- ilesowhich has not suffered harm
- incólumewhich has not suffered harm
Russian невреди́мый, в це́лости и сохра́нности
- невреди́мый (nevredímyj)which has not suffered harm
- в це́лости и сохра́нности (v célosti i soxránnosti)which has not suffered harm
Spanish ileso, incólume
- ilesowhich has not suffered harm
- incólumewhich has not suffered harm
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
unharmed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unharmed
“unharmed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unharmed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unharmed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unharmed.
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