unbent
Americanverb
adjective
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not bent or bowed
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not compelled to yield or give way by force
Etymology
Origin of unbent
1475–85; unbent ( in defs. 2, 3 ) un- 1 + bent 1
Example Sentences
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I wouldn’t have expected to become so interested in screws being unscrewed, tabs unbent, machines reduced to component parts, cleaned and painted, with missing parts newly fabricated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Particles with Oh-My-God and Amaterasuenergy blast through intergalactic space relatively unbent.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2023
She unbent slightly and explained that she had downloaded a tool that unblocked overseas Web sites.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2019
"It's been run into by cars and bent and unbent, but it keeps going."
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2011
Even Matthew unbent enough to ask courteously, “Does your father have all his field sown?”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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