unbroken

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈbroʊkən/ UK /ʌnˈbrəʊkən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not broken, interrupted, or tamed; continuous

They walked beneath an unbroken expanse of blue sky.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not broken, interrupted, or... continuous uninterrupted intact whole complete unceasing seamless

Opposites

broken interrupted fragmented shattered

Word family

Related forms break broken unbreakable

Etymology

From un- ('not') + broken, past participle of break, from Old English brecan ('to break'), from Proto-Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Indo-European *bhreg- ('to break').

un- Old English brecan Old English *bhreg- Proto-Indo-European

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unbroken

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈbroʊkən/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈbrəʊkən/

## Meanings
1. not broken, interrupted, or tamed; continuous

## Examples
- They walked beneath an unbroken expanse of blue sky.

## Synonyms
- continuous
- uninterrupted
- intact
- whole
- complete
- unceasing
- seamless

## Antonyms
- broken
- interrupted
- fragmented
- shattered

## Related Forms
- break
- broken
- unbreakable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: brecan
- Root: *bhreg-

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + broken, past participle of break, from Old English brecan ('to break'), from Proto-Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Indo-European *bhreg- ('to break').

## AI Etymology
Unbroken is from un- ('not') + broken, past participle of break, from Old English brecan ('to break'), from Proto-Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Indo-European *bhreg- ('to break'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), brecan (Old English), and *bhreg- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers not broken, interrupted, or tamed; continuous. The wider family includes related words such as break, broken, and unbreakable.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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