uninjured

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adjective

That did not suffer injury.

“The driver was hurt and went to hospital whilst the uninjured passengers went home.”

Similar
intactinviolateuncutunharmedunhurtunscathedunwounded
Opposite
injured
OriginEnglish injured ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuninjured (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat did not suffer injury.

    Of the three, two were hurt and went to hospital, but the uninjured one made her way home.

noununinjured (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOne or many people or objects that have not suffered injury.

    The driver was hurt and went to hospital whilst the uninjured passengers went home.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot injured physically or mentally

Similar
intactinviolateuncutunharmedunhurtunscathedunwounded
Opposite
injured
Also see
intactinviolatesafe and sounduncutunharmedunhurtunscathedunwoundedwhole

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishinjured
  9. Englishuninjured

From un- + injured.

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Translations

Czech nedotčený, nezraněný
  • nedotčenýThat did not suffer injury
  • nezraněnýThat did not suffer injury
Danish uskadet
  • uskadetThat did not suffer injury
French indemne
  • indemneThat did not suffer injury
German unversehrt
  • unversehrtThat did not suffer injury
Italian incolume, indenne
  • incolumeThat did not suffer injury
  • indenneThat did not suffer injury
  • illesoThat did not suffer injury
Latin incolumis
  • incolumisThat did not suffer injury
Māori toiora
  • toioraThat did not suffer injury
Norwegian Bokmål uskadet
  • uskadetThat did not suffer injury
Portuguese ileso, indene
  • ilesoThat did not suffer injury
  • indeneThat did not suffer injury
  • incólumeThat did not suffer injury
Spanish incólume, indemne
  • incólumeThat did not suffer injury
  • indemneThat did not suffer injury
  • ilesoThat did not suffer injury
Cite this entry
APA

uninjured. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninjured

MLA

“uninjured.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninjured. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninjured,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninjured.

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