Undisturbed

Definition: Undisturbed

Undisturbed

Adjective

1. Not physically disturbed or set in motion.

2. Not agitated or disturbed emotionally.

3. Not interfered with or disturbed; "food supplies were allowed through unmolested"; "he could pursue his studies undisturbed".

4. Without disturbance; "the undisturbed tenor of their life".

Date "undisturbed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

Synonyms: Undisturbed

Synonyms: unagitated (adj), unmolested (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: agitated (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Excitability	Temperate; (moderate); composed, collected; unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned; unoffended; unresisting.
Leisure	Adjective: leisure, leisurely; slow; deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed; at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end.
Quiescence	Adjective: quiescent, still; motionless, moveless; fixed; stationary; immotile; at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor; stock, still; standing still; Verb: sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home; becalmed, stagnant, quiet; unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled; calm, restful; cataleptic; immovable; (stable); sleeping; (inactive); silent; still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death; vegetative, vegetating.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Eye of the Storm: The Power of the Undisturbed Mind (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Undisturbed (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Box core showing high density of manganese nodules Box cores have the advantage of showing character of undisturbed ocean bottom Off of OCEANOGRAPHER during DOMES project DOMES - Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Studies. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		The healthy, undisturbed downstream portion of Sachuest Marsh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe	Douglas Adams	Zaphod screamed a diminished fifth himself, dropped his light and sat heavily on the floor, or rather on a body which had been lying there undisturbed for six months and which reacted to being sat on by exploding with great violence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Set aside time after breakfast or dinner for undisturbed visits to the toilet. (references)
Minorities	Uzbekistan	There is no pattern of discrimination against Jews; Hebrew education, Jewish cultural events, and the publication of a community newspaper take place undisturbed, and synagogues function openly throughout the country. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Our relations with the various Indian tribes have been undisturbed since the termination of the difficulties growing out of the hostile aggressions of the Sac and Fox Indians.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Undisturbed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Undisturbed" is used about 273 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	273	17,765

Expressions using "undisturbed": undisturbed flow ♦ undisturbed one output signal ♦ undisturbed sample. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "undisturbed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i patronditur (unshrinking). (various references)

Arabic		‏هادئ (calm, cloistered, composed, cool, dispassionate, easygoing, even, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, possessed, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, self possessed, serene, sober, steady, still, tranquil, uneventful, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, windless), ‏غير مزعج. (various references)

Bulgarian		спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), необезпокоен (unperturbed), непокътнат (entire, intact, unmoved, virgin). (various references)

Chinese		未受干扰, 平靜 (tranquil), 安� " (arrange for, find a place for, help settle down, peaceful), 坦然 (calm). (various references)

Czech		nerušený (quiet, unbroken, unperturbed), nenarušený (unimpaired), nedotèený (intact, inviolate, unspoiled, untouched). (various references)

Danish		uforstyrret vindhastighed (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), uforstyrret sidebaand (undisturbed sideband), uforstyrret felt (undisturbed field), uforstyrret en-udgangssignal (undisturbed one output signal), udyrket jord (bare ground, raw land, undisturbed ground), ubevokset jord (bare ground, raw land, undisturbed ground), ubearbejdet prøveudtagning (undisturbed sample), ubearbejdet materialeprøve (undisturbed sample), uaendret proeve (undisturbed sample), proevegravninger i gruber og render goer det muligt at udtage intakte jordproever og vurdere jordens forskydningsstyrke (by means of test pits/trial pits/investigation pits/boreholes/ it is possible to take undisturbed soil samples and estimate the suitability of the soil for extraction), naturområde (area of unspoiled nature, undisturbed ground), intakt prøve (intact sample, undisturbed sample), der er sammenfoejningsled for enden af de pakkende afspaerringsventiler og mellem de ringformede pakningsventiler,som saa kan hentes op sammen med returledningen for reparation eller udskiftning af en del;resten af sikkerhedsventilarrangementet beroeres i (connectors are located on the bottom of the ram preventers and between the annular preventers to be retrieved on the riser for repair or change of element leaving the rest of the BOP stack undisturbed). (various references)

Dutch		woeste grond (bare ground, raw land, scab lands, undisturbed ground), vrije windsnelheid (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), verbindingselementen bevinden zich aan de onderzijde van de ramafsluiters en tussen de ringafsluiters om deze voor reparatie of vervanging van onderdelen via de stijgbuis te kunnen ophalen terwijl de rest van de BOP-groep op zijn plaats blijft (connectors are located on the bottom of the ram preventers and between the annular preventers to be retrieved on the riser for repair or change of element leaving the rest of the BOP stack undisturbed), onverstoorde zijband (undisturbed sideband), onverstoorde stroming (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), onverstoord veld (undisturbed field), ongestoorde windsnelheid (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), ongeroerd monster (intact sample, undisturbed sample), natuurterrein (undisturbed ground), éénuitgangssignaal zonder voorbekrachtiging (undisturbed one output signal). (various references)

Finnish		samentamaton (untroubled), rauhallinen (calm, peaceful, still, tranquil, unperturbed), hämmentymätön (unperturbed), häiriintymätön, häiriötön (interference-free). (various references)

French		paisible (untroubled), non dérangé, non déplacé. (various references)

German		ungestört (peaceable, unhindered, unmolested, unperturbed, untroubled, untroubledly), störungsfrei (free from interference, trouble-free). (various references)

Greek		ανενόχλητοσ (unbothered, unmolested, untroubled), αδιατάρακτοσ (imperturbable). (various references)

Italian		indisturbato (unimpeded, untroubled). (various references)

Manx		neuvoirit (carefree, imperturbed, unbothered, unconcerned), gyn voirey, gyn cur stiagh er. (various references)

Pig Latin		isturbedunday

Portuguese		velocidade não perturbada do vento (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), sondagem por poço;sondagem por valas:amostra do solo:facilidade de extracção.As sondagens por poços ou valas permitem recolher amostras e avaliar as facilidades de extracção (by means of test pits/trial pits/investigation pits/boreholes/ it is possible to take undisturbed soil samples and estimate the suitability of the soil for extraction), sinal um � saída não modificado (undisturbed one output signal), campo sem perturbações (undisturbed field), banda lateral não perturbada (undisturbed sideband), amostra intacta (undisturbed sample), amostra indeformada (undisturbed sample). (various references)

Romanian		potolit (becalmed, calm, dim, mellow, quiet, relieved, sedate, sober, still). (various references)

Russian		неразрушенный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neuznemiren (unconcerned, unperturbed, unruffled), neuzburkan, nesmetan (unobstructed), neporemećen, neometen (unimpeded), neometan (unencumbered, unhampered, unobstructed), nenarušen (unimpaired). (various references)

Spanish		velocidad del viento incidente (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), velocidad de la corriente no perturbada (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), solar (building lot, building site, floor, land lot, lot, plot, sandlot, site, solar, sun), muestra inalterada (intact sample, undisturbed sample), los conectores estan situados respectivamente debajo de los obturadores de mordaza y entre los obturadores anulares a fin de que puedan ser recuperados a traves del "riser" para su reparacion o s ustitucion sin alterar el resto del equipo de obturacion, las perforaciones de ensayo o calicatas permiten tomar muestras inalteradas de suelo y estimar la facilidad de extracción del suelo (by means of test pits/trial pits/investigation pits/boreholes/ it is possible to take undisturbed soil samples and estimate the suitability of the soil for extraction), flujo del viento sin perturbaciones (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), campo sin perturbaciones (undisturbed field), campo no perturbado (undisturbed field), banda lateral no perturbada (undisturbed sideband). (various references)

Swedish		ostörd (sequestered, uninterrupted, unmolested, untroubled). (various references)

Turkish		rahatsız edilmemiş, rahat (at ease, at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, comfy, complacent, composure, cosy, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, rest, restful, serene, snug, unconstrained, unconventional, unembarassed, untroubled), karıştırılmamış. (various references)

Vietnamese		không bị quấy rầy (unmolested, unscourged). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Undisturbed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: undisbursed, undoctored. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "undisturbed" (pronounced u'ndi'ster"bd)
7	-d i' s t er" b d	disturbed.
4	-t er" b d	perturbed, unperturbed.
3	-er" b d	curbed, reverbed.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-i-n-r-s-t-u-u"
	-2 letters: disburden, disturbed, unbruised, underbids, underbuds, unstudied.
	-3 letters: durndest, intruded, intrudes, ruddiest, stridden, sturdied, subtrend, tribunes, turbines, unburied, unbusted, underbid, underbud, unrusted, unsuited.
	-4 letters: beduins, bestrid, bidders, binders, bistred, brinded, bruised, bruited, brunets, budders, buddies, bundist, bunters, burdens, burdies, burnets, burnies, bursted, bustier, distend, disturb, dunites, dustbin, dustier, inbreds, inburst, insured, intrude, nutsier, rebinds.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-d-e-i-n-r-s-t-u-u"
	+2 letters: undistributed.
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