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But it is a pleasing reminder that some parts of this country are still unwrecked.

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2012

On the other hand, the Taubes likewise have escaped unwrecked, in spite of the fact that enough ammunition has been expended against them to have smashed all the aëroplanes in the world.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher

The train came to a standstill, the coupling between the wrecked and the unwrecked portions remaining intact.

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

And presently that hat overflowed with money, while Lee, with his Ontario stalwarts, did huge execution with a shovel among such bottles as remained unwrecked behind the bar.

From Lorimer of the Northwest by Dewey, Alfred James

But Joe and Blake pulled it back on the unwrecked portion of the bridge approach.

From The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]