unruinedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈruːɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈruənd/, /ˌənˈruˌɪnd/ Not ruined (in various senses).
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the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > other spec.
unruinated1567
unfretted1577
unworna1586
unclung1587
unseared1599
unwithered1599
unruined1607
unabraded1827
unweathered1843
untattered1856
as new1898
1607 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Serres in tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 1038 To suffer the Fort which the Count of Fuentes had caused to be built, to stand vnruined.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James III in Wks. (1711) 58 He sent to all such of his Friends, whom his Disasters had left unruined, to take Arms for the King.
1736 J. M'Ure View City of Glasgow ii. 83 The only unruin'd Cathedral in the Kingdom.
1784 Whitby Spy 30 Oct. 142 An attendant..was to conduct her to the arms of another yet unruined lover.
1821 J. Bentham Liberty of Press 17 Under whom it has hitherto been my good hap to live unhanged,..unbanished and unruined.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vii. 268 He can still see the strong sweep of the unruined traceries drawn on the deep serenity of the starry sky.
1919 St. Nicholas Feb. 306/2 From every unruined belfry ring out bells of joy.
2009 J. Lethem Chronic City xxv. 436 It was my curse to look unruined in my ruins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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