Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not assailed; not attacked.

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  • adjective Not previously assailed

Etymologies

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un- +‎ assailed

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Examples

  • However the upper class of New York, unlike those venerable cities, did not remain unassailed, with famous family names such as the Cabots or Lodges, or Fitzhughs or Drexels, unsullied by nouveaux riche.

    The Four Hundred | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • However the upper class of New York, unlike those venerable cities, did not remain unassailed, with famous family names such as the Cabots or Lodges, or Fitzhughs or Drexels, unsullied by nouveaux riche.

    2009 April | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • (Unfortunately, I remain unassailed by creative lightning, but maybe that’s not important at this stage.)

    Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Songbird collage 2008

  • While you may have incredible reasons for doubting my credibility, my credibility remains unassailed.

    TEXAS FAITH: Time to tax religious groups? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

  • While providing an inner source of hope and fortitude by the promise of an ideal state unassailed by fortuna and the fragility of human affairs, the City of God was also a constant reminder that citizenship in the hereafter was determined by the character of one's actions in the present. 166

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Through the analogy of the chessboard with the city, as well as the chess pieces with the various trades practiced by a city's inhabitants, Cessoles invented a powerful mnemonic diagram for princes and commoners alike, with the reticulated board and its pieces offering a model by which to contemplate the integrated workings of an ideal city — proportionately measured, guided by just and prudent leaders and unassailed by Fortuna.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Margaret Mitchell's authorship of Gone with the Wind is unassailed because it can be dismissed as a woman's book, while it is insisted that Truman Capote is largely responsible for the genius of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, a book that can't be dismissed in the same way and therefore, could not be the work of a woman.

    Ladies-in-Waiting Roger Sutton 2008

  • And all the while the Republican swarm of thugs and villains prepares to continue the assualt virtually unassailed by their "honorable" opponents.

    Obama Campaign Hits McCain Iraq Ad As "Misleading," Uncivil 2009

  • I needed Ruby Andrews and father James and Fontella Bass to preach their gospel unassailed.

    Clapping games… : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • The fact that symbolic message processing function would be a future benefit (not a present function existing prior to having symbolic messages) remains unassailed.

    Bits and Pieces of an RNA World 2007

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