unrent

[ uhn-rent ]

/ ʌnˈrɛnt /

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adjective

not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like: unrent garments; unrent silence; unrent feelings.

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Origin of unrent

First recorded in 1590–1600; un-¹ + rent²

And now, with canvas unrent, and masts unsprung, returned to the very buoy she left.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851|Various
Nay, He is hidden—hidden behind an impenetrable cloud, an unrent veil.
The Great Commission|C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh