hardened
adjective
made or become hard or harder.
unhardened
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a word derived from
hardened.
Example Sentences
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It’s embodied best by the unhardened Slim, who, in his few relaxed moments, leans back to gaze admiringly at Queen, wholly unbothered by her two or three inches of height above him.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2019
In addition to his workshop aides, he employs four engravers who operate out of home studios where they can concentrate on making up to 8,000 dots per square millimeter on unhardened steel.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 29, 2010
"They have physically unhardened soldiers commanded by officers who have had to sell off most of their equipment just to keep the troops fed."
From Time Magazine Archive
Even Captain Anthony had to take some notice of it, as if it refreshed him to see something untouched, unscarred, unhardened by suffering.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad
With a trowel, a palm branch, the symbol of martyrdom, was rudely traced in the yet unhardened cement, and the little company began to disperse.
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by William Henry Withrow
