untainted
Britishadjective
Explanation
Something that's untainted has not been spoiled or contaminated. After a flood, a homeowner is lucky to find papers and photos that are untainted by the mildew that covers most of his things. While untainted can describe things that are physically unspoiled or free from contaminants, it's more common to use the adjective to talk about the character of a person or group. A candidate with an untainted reputation has no record of controversy, and a town that's untainted by chain stores might have a more charming, old-fashioned character. The moral sense of the word — "pure," in a religious way — was the earliest meaning.
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Example Sentences
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Untainted by scandal, the probe was part of Parliament's program for determining the extent and causes of retail price spreads throughout the Dominion.
From Time Magazine Archive
I love snow and all the forms Of the radiant frost; I love waves and winds and storms-- Everything almost Which is Nature's, and may be Untainted by man's misery.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
I love snow, and all the forms Of the radiant frost; I love waves, and winds, and storms, Everything almost Which is Nature's, and may be Untainted by man's misery.
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner
Umph, I think my sister, Though proud, was ever honest, and my nieces Untainted yet.
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
It is wise to discern Between one's mask And self Before life exposes Untainted features to humanity, The one body Which is utterly ruthless In its judgment.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann
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