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  • adjective Not splintered.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ splintered

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Examples

  • Bloodied, but unsplintered, the tip of his custom stake jutted out at an angle between my breasts.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Bloodied, but unsplintered, the tip of his custom stake jutted out at an angle between my breasts.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • It had been done neatly, sliced through, unsplintered ends of bone showing white, the skin cleanly cut as if a practised chef had used a disjointing knife.

    Come To Grief Francis, Dick 1995

  • It had been done neatly, sliced through, unsplintered ends of bone showing white, the skin cleanly cut as if a practised chef had used a disjointing knife.

    Come To Grief Francis, Dick 1995

  • The roots should be cut back to sound unsplintered wood, and very long roots may well be shortened.

    The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 1906

  • The marble work of parapets and steps was unsplintered by frosts.

    A Laodicean : a Story of To-day Thomas Hardy 1884

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