unbroken
adjUS /ʌnˈbɹoʊkn̩/ · UK /ʌnˈbɹəʊkn̩/
Etymology From Middle English unbroken, from Old English unġebrocen (“unbroken”), equivalent to un- + broken. Cognate with Dutch ongebroken (“unbroken”), German Low German unbroken (“unbroken”), German ungebrochen (“unbroken”).
1
Whole, not divided into parts.
- After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.
- A considerable amount of unbroken stone is brought down to Ravenglass and used locally.1951 June, “Notes and News: The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 423:
2
Of a horse, not tamed.
- There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.
3
Continuous, without interruption.
- The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.
- The climb out of Aberdeen is a most forbidding proposition to an engine starting cold; it is quite unbroken for 7 miles up the cliffs to milepost 234.1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
- Synonyms
- complete, entire, in one piece, undivided, whole, untamed, wild, continuous, uninterrupted
- Derived terms
- unbrokenly, unbrokenness
- Related terms
- unbreakable