temptless

comparative more temptless · superlative most temptless

1. Without tempting or temptation

   She was now drifting out into the Pacific out of sight of all help. The merciless sun upon her temptless head, baking the dried blood, as she knew it from Quark, into her scalp.

   2015, Bill Reed, IHE

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   Thunders across the suspended bridge of Henry, bombed out, towards the clear light of temptless day, shouting back over his Rightist shoulder an addendum, going: 'Yerr orta be ashamed of yer pudendum muliebre!' or something of the sort.

   1977, Bill Reed, DOGOD

   At first I thought his outrage was a direct and proximate result of his selection of the hash de jour, a temptless though visually startling dish that had just been delivered to the table.

   1984, The Pennsylvania Lawyer - Volume 6, page 41

   Barrett glanced outside. He could see a break in the clouds. The therapy ball, he noticed, was steady on the houseboat's hard floor. Remaining now at a comfortable if not temptless remove.

   2007, Darryl Wimberley, Pepperfish Keys, page 171