Unharmed
adj.resilient, hopefuleveryday
What it means
Safe from injury, damage, or lasting ill effect.
Reach for it when Reassuring readers that a person, animal, place, or object escaped danger.
All four kayakers reached the downstream landing tired but unharmed.
Choose between these
5- everyday
all right
informal reassurance is the goal
not when too vague for an official incident report
- warm
reassurance about present security matters
not when can be safe now after earlier harm
- professional
an object retains physical condition
not when sounds impersonal when referring to people
- professional
uninjured
a person has no bodily injury
not when not for property, reputation, or ecosystems
- literary
survival through a serious threat is emphasized
not when may overdramatize a minor incident
Said against
3- harmed
- injured
- damaged
It naturally appears in
3- escape unharmed
The nesting birds escaped unharmed when volunteers moved the net.
- safe and unharmed
Every resident was found safe and unharmed before midnight.
- remain unharmed
The sealed seedlings remained unharmed during the cold journey.