unalloyed
American-
not alloyed with other metals; pure.
unalloyed zinc.
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total; utter.
unalloyed bliss.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unalloyed
First recorded in 1660–70; un- 1 ( def. ) + alloy ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing unalloyed
B.K.S. Iyengar (1918-2014) Tribute List
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Example Sentences
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Unalloyed optimism and total, unswerving enthusiasm is not a necessary requirement for being a good parent.
From Slate • Sep. 9, 2020
A version of this article appears in print on April 4, 2014, on page C26 of the with the headline: Chasing a Dream and an Unalloyed Ethos.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2014
Unalloyed minimalism was missing, too, although Yotam Haber uses passing hints of it, along with light but insistent dissonances, in “On Leaving Brooklyn,” a haunting ensemble treatment of Julia Kasdorf’s updating of Psalm 137.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2012
Unalloyed success is hardly the stuff of gripping adventure, and Drabble wisely does not pretend otherwise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here it is: Two Hours of Unalloyed Fun and Happiness Will put two inches of solid fat even upon the ribs of the most cadaverous old miser.
From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max
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