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  • adjective Not having been hit.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ hit

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Examples

  • The suspect, apparently unhit by the gunfire, fled on foot with an unknown amount of cash.

    Off-duty police officer robbed in Suitland 2010

  • I have learned to search thoroughly after shooting as many well hit deer exit the scene appearing to be unhit.

    Very Little Drops Dead 2008

  • The suspect, apparently unhit by the gunfire, fled on foot with an unknown amount of cash.

    Off-duty police officer robbed in Suitland 2010

  • How can we explain unhit Tower 7 falling at 5: 30 PM that evening with only small fires inside?

    Oil Companies Complicit in War Crimes 2009

  • Anto flinched and turned, thinking to hell with the position, and was surprised to see Swagger standing, unhit.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Anto flinched and turned, thinking to hell with the position, and was surprised to see Swagger standing, unhit.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • A twelve-year-old boy standing close to his mother was unhit, and was buried under only one thin layer of earth.

    Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009

  • Anto flinched and turned, thinking to hell with the position, and was surprised to see Swagger standing, unhit.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Of all the 911 events, few have spoken more powerfully than the neat 'collapse' (controlled demolition) in free-fall time of the 47 storey steel-framed World Trade Centre Building 7 at 5.20 in the afternoon, unhit by any alleged plane and pre-announced by the BBC twenty five minutes early (oops!).

    Honouring the Real Truth of Ground Zero 2008

  • I don't mean to be cute about that, but if there's going to about strike, you can't leave the medium-range ballistic missile unhit, you can't leave the air bases that are within 30 flying minutes of Baghdad unhit, you can't leave the chemical facilities unhit.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2006 2006

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