From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwell-preservedˌwell-preˈserved adjective 1 YOUNGsomeone who is well-preserved is getting old, but does not look as old as they are2 a well-preserved building or object is old but still in good condition the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the church
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well-preserved• Microscopical details are not so well-preserved, and the fossil is, of course, only a fragment of a larger plant.• Among his discoveries were well-preserved burials of people of large stature with long hair.• Sections have been cut through well-preserved coral in limestone.• The nails of the well-preserved hands were all in place.• These specimens are well-preserved in a clay matrix, some of which adheres to one of the specimens.• A substantial, well-preserved Iron Age settlement with two encircling ramparts and supplementary earthworks.• In its present state of suspended animation, however, H-4 may look forward to a well-preserved life of undetermined longevity.• Immediately inside the entrance were three well-preserved paintings. 