untarnished
Britishadjective
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(of silver, etc) not tarnished or discoloured
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not tainted or spoiled
untarnished by graffiti
Example Sentences
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Untarnished by its own celebrity, arteries still unfurred after two decades of richly sauced commemoration, Warne's Ball remains a pure and entirely self-contained sporting miniature.
From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2013
Her hair has kept its gold Untarnished still.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma
Pleased took he power, pleased he laid it down: Chaste was his home and simple, by his wealth Untarnished.
From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan
Untarnished by the breath of fame, Untouched by prose or rhyme, The world has never heard that name,— The name of Nancy Chime.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 by Dodge, Mary Mapes
Untarnished glowed its silver mail, Windless bellied its silken sail.
From Forty-Two Poems by Flecker, James Elroy
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