Unrebuilt
//ʌnɹiːˈbɪlt// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not rebuilt.; Of something damaged or destroyed: not built again, not reconstructed. not-comparable
"Long had St. Paul look’d dovvnvvard from the Sky, / To ſee his fav’rite Pile [St. Paul’s Cathedral] unfiniſh’d lie; / And ev’n in fair Auguſta’s Boſom plac’d, / Its Altars unrebuilt, its Shrines defac’d."
- 2 Not rebuilt.; Of something existing: not modified or renovated; still in its original form. not-comparable
"Near-synonym: unoverhauled"
Example
More examples"Long had St. Paul look’d dovvnvvard from the Sky, / To ſee his fav’rite Pile [St. Paul’s Cathedral] unfiniſh’d lie; / And ev’n in fair Auguſta’s Boſom plac’d, / Its Altars unrebuilt, its Shrines defac’d."
Etymology
From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + rebuilt.
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