uncontaminated

British  

/ ˌʌnkənˈtæmɪˌneɪtɪd /

adjective

1. not having been polluted, infected, or made impure

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Explanation

Something that's uncontaminated is clean and pure — it hasn't been exposed to anything dirty or poisonous. Not everyone is lucky enough to have uncontaminated water to drink. Whether your drinking water comes from a city system or a well, it gets tested periodically to make sure it's uncontaminated and safe for drinking. If something is polluted or poisoned, like when there's too much lead in the soil or radiation in the atmosphere, it's contaminated. Add the prefix un-, "not," and you get uncontaminated. You can also use this adjective figuratively to mean "not corrupted," like your little brother who's uncontaminated by the internet.

Example Sentences

Uncontaminated, the interplay of hormones, inflammatory mediators and signaling substances for the formation of organ systems resembles a perfectly tuned orchestra.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

Uncontaminated by light or clouds or moisture, the night sky explodes with stars, recorded and studied by some of the most advanced telescopes on Earth.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Uncontaminated by conventional rules, he recognizes the human being apart from his worldly state.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various

Uncontaminated by contact with the complex conditions of civilized art, it offers the best possible facilities for the study of the fundamental principles of esthetic development.

From A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252) by Holmes, William Henry

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