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The least permeable rocks are unfractured intrusive igneous and metamorphic rocks, followed by unfractured mudstone, sandstone, and limestone.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The chests themselves were deemed exceedingly precious, especially those with unfractured looks, which would absolutely click, and enable the owner to walk off with the key.

From Omoo by Melville, Herman

I congratulate myself on having a whole skin and unfractured bones, and on the small danger of ever breaking them over an Alpine precipice.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Roe, Frederick William

Plainly enough they were derived from the cliffs above them, because they are of the size of scars on the wall, the rough angular surface of which contrasts with the rounded, glaciated, unfractured parts.

From The Yosemite by Muir, John

But the other appointments, including a pretty writing-desk and a multitude of china plates almost hiding the wall-paper, were unfractured, and the little dining-room was very cosey.

From London Films by Howells, William Dean