unbroken

See also: un-broken

English

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”).

unbroken (not comparable)

Whole, not divided into parts.
After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.
- 1951 June, “Notes and News: The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 423:
  A considerable amount of unbroken stone is brought down to Ravenglass and used locally.
Of a horse, not tamed.
There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.
Continuous, without interruption.
The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.
- 1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
  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.

(whole, not divided into parts): complete, entire, in one piece, undivided, whole
(describing a horse): untamed, wild
(continuous): continuous, uninterrupted

whole, not divided into parts

Bulgarian: цял (bg) (cjal)
Catalan: sencer (ca)
French: entier (fr)
Greek: αθρυμμάτιστος (el) (athrymmátistos)
Ancient: ἄθραυστος (áthraustos), ἀρραγής (arrhagḗs), ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos), ἄκλαστος (áklastos)
Italian: intero (it)
Latin: irruptus
Sanskrit: अक्षत (sa) (akṣata)

of a horse, that has not been tamed

continuous, without interruption

From unbreak.

unbroken