uninjured

Uninjured is an adjective describing a person or object that has not sustained physical harm or damage. In common usage, it refers to someone who has not suffered injuries in an incident, or to tissue that has not been damaged. The term contrasts with injured, wounded, harmed, or damaged.

In medical and emergency contexts, “uninjured” indicates that no external injuries are evident on initial examination. It does not guarantee the absence of internal injury or delayed symptoms, and additional evaluation may be necessary. In sports, news reporting, and safety guidelines, noting that participants are uninjured helps determine further care and clearance to resume activity. For objects, equipment, or infrastructure, the term is used less frequently; writers more often use undamaged or intact to describe nonhuman elements after an event, while “uninjured” is reserved for people involved in the incident.

Etymology and related terms: the word is formed from the prefix un- attached to the past participle injured; injury comes from Latin iniuria. The term has been in English since the early modern period. Related terms include unharmed, unhurt, intact, and undamaged, which are often used in similar contexts to express the absence of harm or damage.