unbroken

Everyday

1. Unbroken means not broken or damaged: an unbroken egg. tree →
2. Unbroken means without a stop or gap, continuous: an unbroken line, unbroken sleep. tree →
3. An unbroken record has not been beaten. tree →
4. An unbroken horse has not been trained to carry a rider. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and maths, an unbroken line is drawn without lifting the pencil; in sports, a record stays unbroken. In stories, an unbroken promise was kept. Phrases: an unbroken line, unbroken record, unbroken silence, unbroken chain.

Examples

• Only three eggs were unbroken after the box fell. tree →
• Draw an unbroken line from A to B. tree →
• Her record has stayed unbroken for many seasons. tree →
• We walked along an unbroken stretch of sand. tree →
• The baby had eight hours of unbroken sleep. tree →
• The cowboy tried to ride an unbroken horse. tree →
• Of 12 eggs, 4 broke, so 8 were unbroken. tree →
• His astonishment was great when he awoke to find the glass axe whole and unbroken at his side, and all the trees of the wood lying felled around him! tree →

Note

«Un-» + «broken». In maths: unbroken = total − broken (12 − 4 = 8). Similar: whole, intact, continuous.