mend
verb (used with object)
to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing.
unmended
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a word derived from
mend.
Example Sentences
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Grandfather yields to the women; and when he dies, that fall, the house is still unmended.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the still unmended tenements of Madrid, before long now, a people whom victory had passed by would be shuddering.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had a horror of being found dead with mended or, worse, unmended underclothes.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
In our hall with the unmended umbrella stand and the trophy of Afghan knives I was stopped by Aunt Anastasia.
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Mrs. Oliver Onions
Their comrade had brought a large assortment of garments 220 to school with her, and had happily left them unmended, trusting to take them home to be repaired.
From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon
