Meanings
- 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 159This 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 RecordThis 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 GuardianDe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Early Scotsunscathit
- Middle Scotsunskaithit
- Englishunscathed
A calque of Middle Scots unskaithit, from Early Scots unscathit; by surface analysis, un- + scathed.
More words from Middle Scots, Early Scots
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀσκηθής
- ἀσκηθής (askēthḗs)not injured/harmed
Bulgarian невредим
- невредим (nevredim)not injured/harmed
Catalan incòlume, sa i estalvi
- incòlumenot injured/harmed
- sa i estalvinot injured/harmed
- il·lèsnot injured/harmed
Danish helskindet, uskadt
- helskindetnot injured/harmed
- uskadtnot injured/harmed
Dutch ongedeerd, ongeschonden
- ongedeerdnot injured/harmed
- ongeschondennot injured/harmed
- ongeschaadnot injured/harmed
Finnish ehjin nahoin, vahingoittumattomana
- ehjin nahoinnot injured/harmed
- vahingoittumattomananot injured/harmed
French sain et sauf, indemne
- sain et saufnot injured/harmed
- indemnenot injured/harmed
German unverletzt, unbeschadet
- unverletztnot injured/harmed
- unbeschadetnot injured/harmed
- unversehrtnot injured/harmed
Greek άθικτος
- άθικτος (áthiktos)not injured/harmed
Hungarian sértetlen
- sértetlennot injured/harmed
Italian immune, incolume
- immunenot injured/harmed
- incolumenot injured/harmed
- senza un graffionot injured/harmed
- indennenot injured/harmed
- sano e salvonot injured/harmed
Latin indēstrictus, incolumis
- indēstrictusnot injured/harmed
- incolumisnot injured/harmed
- indemnisnot injured/harmed
Norwegian Bokmål helskinnet
- helskinnetnot injured/harmed
Polish nietknięty, bez szwanku
- nietkniętynot injured/harmed
- bez szwankunot injured/harmed
Portuguese incólume, indene
- incólumenot injured/harmed
- indenenot injured/harmed
- ilesonot injured/harmed
- são e salvonot injured/harmed
Spanish incólume, indemne
- incólumenot injured/harmed
- indemnenot injured/harmed
- ilesonot injured/harmed
Swedish helskinnad, oskadd
- helskinnadnot injured/harmed
- oskaddnot injured/harmed
Cite this entry
unscathed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscathed
“unscathed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscathed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unscathed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscathed.
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