unharmed

/ənhˈɑɹmd/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

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adj

Which has not suffered harm; which has not been injured or damaged.

"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."
"A dozen rams as well as other livestock animals that were housed in a different part of the farm were unharmed by the fire."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English harmed English unharmed From un- + harmed.

more unharmed (comparative) most unharmed (superlative)

armed unarmed harmed alarmed charmed farmed disarmed

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How do you pronounce unharmed?

The recorded pronunciation is /ənhˈɑɹmd/.

What does unharmed mean?

Which has not suffered harm; which has not been injured or damaged.

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