unsullied

[uhn-suhl-eed]

adjective

1. not soiled, untarnished.

   an unsullied public persona.

2. virginal; pure.

   He wears a purity ring signifying that he will remain unsullied until marriage.

unsullied

/ ʌnˈsʌlɪd /

adjective

1. (of a reputation, etc) not stained or tarnished

Word History and Origins

Origin of unsullied¹

un- ¹ + sullied

Example Sentences

Yet, when she kneels in a campus stall to puke, those white pants remain fastidiously unsullied.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Pasha is the sympathetic face of Western men beguiled by nostalgia for “traditional” wives unsullied by feminism and high expectations.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Recent histories of the Blackwells and the Grimkes have expanded our understanding of how progress is rarely spurred by a single, unsullied person; it takes a multiplicity.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

It is the fantasy of an impermeable barrier that allows one’s purity to remain unsullied.

Read more on Salon

But the nirvana many authorities assume teen life would be if unsullied by screens is the diametric opposite of teens’ reality.

Read more on Salon

Related Words

• unblemished