untainted

adj

untainted

adj

/ʌnˈteɪntɪd/

Etymology From un- + tainted.

1

Not tainted; free of contamination; pure.

  • The master of [the Bell public house] is brother to the great preacher Whitefield; but is absolutely untainted with the pernicious principles of Methodism, or of any other heretical sect.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
  • Time was when Love and I were well acquainted. Time was when we walked ever hand in hand. A saintly youth, with worldly thought untainted, None better loved than I in all the land!1877, W. S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer, Act I:

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