intact
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished: The vase remained intact despite rough handling.
not changed or diminished; not influenced or swayed: Despite misfortune, his faith is still intact.
complete or whole, especially not castrated or emasculated.
having the hymen unbroken; virginal.
Origin of intact
1Other words from intact
- in·tact·ly, adverb
- in·tact·ness, noun
Words Nearby intact
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How to use intact in a sentence
It’s hard enough under normal circumstances for a defending champion team to keep its roster intact.
The Tampa Bay Lightning Are Skating It Back By Sliding Just Under The Salary Cap | Julian McKenzie | February 2, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightPerseverance is going old-school with a drill kit to gather intact cores of rock from the ground.
We’re living in a golden age of sample return missions | Neel Patel | February 2, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewTurgeon has at times referenced how this team could stay mostly intact heading into next season.
Maryland’s NCAA tournament hopes will rest on a strong second half and those three road wins | Emily Giambalvo | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostEffectively, creative writing and interpretation kept a great deal of slavery intact in early Illinois.
Loopholes have preserved slavery for more than 150 years after abolition | Caroline Kisiel | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostSo McConnell gave an ultimatum saying that the rules must require that the filibuster remain intact.
What McConnell got — and didn’t — on the filibuster | Aaron Blake | January 26, 2021 | Washington Post
To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
Or bold stands that may not preserve our security today or tomorrow, but keep our principles safely intact?
If it is the tank, then it looks reasonably intact, suggesting it did not fail.
Clues From SpaceShipTwo’s Wreckage: Did the Crew Compartment Fail? | Clive Irving | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most-intact section of this image is the dark, bowl-shaped object.
Clues From SpaceShipTwo’s Wreckage: Did the Crew Compartment Fail? | Clive Irving | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Our sensory systems seek out intact sensory experiences,” says Wagenfeld.
Magical Gardens for the Blind, Deaf, and Disabled | Elizabeth Picciuto | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTConsidering its age, it is in a wonderfully good state of preservation, the original roof still being intact.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyAll intact, so far as I can see, and I fancy he'd pull through a good deal more than has happened to him.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossBut I fear that if I were pressed to say that I had taken steps to discover if those papers were intact——.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteFree them from the net, and it falls to pieces, while the roots remain intact, the solid and persistent primitive germs of speech.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisBelow him the great expanse of buildings took form, and they seemed safe and intact.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for intact
/ (ɪnˈtækt) /
untouched or unimpaired; left complete or perfect
Origin of intact
1Derived forms of intact
- intactness, noun
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