unbroken
🇺🇸 /əˈnbroʊkən/
📖 Definitions
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adjective
Not broken; whole, intact, or undamaged.; Continuous; without interruption or pause.; Not tamed or trained; wild, especially referring to horses or other animals.; Not subdued or defeated; unconquered, unyielding.; Not plowed or cultivated, referring to land.; Not violated or infringed upon; kept intact, as a promise, law, or tradition.; Uninterrupted in sequence or succession; unbroken chain or line.; Not broken in spirit or morale; resolute and determined.
🔗 Details
Word forms
Collocations
unbroken lineunbroken recordunbroken chainunbroken silenceunbroken streakunbroken tradition
Derivatives
unbrokenlyunbrokenness
Synonyms
intactcontinuousuninterruptedundamagedwholeunimpaired
Antonyms
brokeninterrupteddamagedfragmented
Commonly confused
unbreakable
EN: 'Unbreakable' means incapable of being broken (inherent property); 'unbroken' means not yet broken or still intact (current state).
Spelling tips
EN: No common spelling issues. Note the prefix 'un-' attached directly to 'broken' without a hyphen.
💬 Examples
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The vase remained unbroken despite falling off the shelf.
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She maintained an unbroken record of attendance for five years.
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The cowboy struggled to mount the unbroken stallion.
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Despite years of imprisonment, his spirit remained unbroken.
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The settlers moved westward into vast stretches of unbroken prairie.
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The treaty remained unbroken for over a century.
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The dynasty maintained an unbroken line of succession for twelve generations.
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She faced the challenges with unbroken determination.