unrebuilt
Syllables: un·re·built/ʌnɹiːˈbɪlt//ʌnɹiˈbɪlt/
unrebuilt adjective: of something damaged or destroyed: not built again, not reconstructed.

Adjective
unrebuilt (not comparable)
- Of something damaged or destroyed: not built again, not reconstructed.
- 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.1708, The Cupulo. A Poem. Occasion’d by the Vote of the House of Commons, for Covering that of St. Paul’s with British Copper, London: […] J[ohn] Morphew […], →OCLC, page 7
- The old Pariſh Church of St. John Zachary near adjoyning, in St. Annes-lane, being unrebuilt, and converted into a burial Place for the old Pariſh, vvas by Act of Parliament annexed to this [the parish church of Sts. Anne and Agnes]; […]1714, James Paterson, “Sts. Anne and Agnes”, in Pietas Londinensis: Or, The Present Ecclesiastical State of London; […], London: […] Joseph Downing […], for William Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 26
- Synonyms:
- unreconstructed
- Antonyms:
- rebuilt, reconstructed
- Of something existing: not modified or renovated; still in its original form.
- Near-synonym: unoverhauled
- Finally, a note from Mr. D. G. Selwyn to point out that the run of his timing behind "Merchant Navy" Pacific No. 35005 Canadian Pacific, also described in January, on which a fine performance was achieved with a 460-ton load on a day of very bad weather, was with the engine in its unrebuilt and not...1959 March, Cecil J[ohn] Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 131
- Synonyms:
- unmodified, unrefurbished, unrenewed, unrenovated, unoverhauled
- Antonyms:
- rebuilt, modified, refurbished, renewed, renovated, remanufactured
Examples of unrebuilt in a sentence
- Only two unrebuilt "Patriots", Nos. 45543/50, were active from Carnforth by the end of June; 11 more of this type have been withdrawn.1962 August, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Central Lines”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing...
- Five of the unrebuilt examples were sold to Epsom & Ewell Council and converted into mobile temporary toilets.2022, Peter Waller, “Huddersfield”, in British Trolleybus Systems: Yorkshire: An Historic Overview, Barnsley, South Yorkshire...
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Origin of unrebuilt
From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + rebuilt.
Words that rhyme with unrebuilt
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Questions about unrebuilt
- What does unrebuilt mean?
- Unrebuilt means of something damaged or destroyed: not built again, not reconstructed.
- How do you use unrebuilt in a sentence?
- Only two unrebuilt "Patriots", Nos. 45543/50, were active from Carnforth by the end of June; 11 more of this type have been withdrawn.
- What part of speech is unrebuilt?
- Unrebuilt is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unrebuilt?
- Unrebuilt is pronounced /ʌnɹiːˈbɪlt/ (UK).
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