immaculate
Americanadjective
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free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean.
immaculate linen.
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free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled.
- Synonyms:
- unexceptionable, unimpeachable, blameless, irreproachable
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free from fault or flaw; free from errors.
an immaculate text.
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Biology. having no spots or colored marks; unicolor.
adjective
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completely clean; extremely tidy
his clothes were immaculate
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completely flawless, etc
an immaculate rendering of the symphony
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morally pure; free from sin or corruption
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biology of only one colour, with no spots or markings
Other Word Forms
- immaculacy noun
- immaculately adverb
- immaculateness noun
- unimmaculate adjective
- unimmaculately adverb
- unimmaculateness noun
Etymology
Origin of immaculate
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin immaculātus “unspotted”; equivalent to im- 2 + maculate
Example Sentences
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Once again, it was 28-year-old Weston who, after breaking the track record in all four runs of the individual event, produced an immaculate run to turn it into a Super Sunday for GB.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Some students — like the owner of a pristine 1960s Chevrolet Impala — entertained a crowd of oglers with their immaculate engine bays and pristine paint jobs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
Mr. Nakadai is narrator and protagonist, and his lean, immaculate performance complements the movie’s remarkable, spare mise-en-scène.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Enter Nara Smith, the influencer who’s built an empire on handmade pasta and immaculate outfits, now partnering with Reformation on a 20-piece capsule collection of “grocery store couture.”
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025
The quotation, commonly attributed to Nietzsche, that “there is no immaculate perception,” perfectly captures how cognitive schemas—thought structures—influence what we notice and how the things we notice get interpreted.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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