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unbeaten en · ADJ

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Etymology

From Middle English on bete, unbeten, unibeten; equivalent to un- + beaten; compare Old English ungebeitne (“unhewn”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) not having been thrashed or beaten
2. (not-comparable) not defeated
   • Arsenal went 25 games unbeaten.
   • That startling admission capped a miserable night for City as they arrived in Germany following an unbeaten start to the season. 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
3. (not-comparable) untrodden
   • We walked across unbeaten grassland.
4. (not-comparable) Not beaten or whisked
   • Fold in the unbeaten eggs.
5. (not-comparable) not out
   • He scored an unbeaten century.

Translations (3)

bg непобеден (not defeated) · el αήττητος (not defeated) · ca invicte (not defeated)

unbeaten en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English on bete, unbeten, unibeten; equivalent to un- + beaten; compare Old English ungebeitne (“unhewn”).

Meanings

1. A team or competitor that has not been defeated.
   • This left the Buckeyes and the defending national champion Miami Hurricanes as the nation's only unbeatens. 2003, Paul Keels, Paul Keels' Tales from the Buckeyes Championship Season, page 66:
   • We had done the impossible. We had beaten the unbeatens. 2008, Nick Catalano, New York Nights: Writing, Producing and Performing in Gotham, page 271:

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