untinged

[ uhn-tinjd ]

adjective

1. not colored, as by paint or the sun.
2. not biased or affected:

   a report untinged by sentimentality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of untinged¹

First recorded in 1655–65; un- ¹ + tinge ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Her honest nature urged her to it; but Georgie's love for Haggard, deep as it was, was not untinged with fear.

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The beauty and the murmur filled them with a quiet happiness, not untinged with the melancholy thought of parting the next day.

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"My mother will run away, and your father will follow her," replied Caesarion with a melancholy smile, wholly untinged by scorn.

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Just now he wanted an untinged clarity to attend his thoughts.

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And ever Donnegan was conscious of big, bright eyes watching him in a reverent fear not untinged by superstition.

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