Meanings
- not comparablePure; not mixed or adulterated with anything.
1 more example
In the works of nature we find, in many instances, beauty and sublimity involved among circumstances, which are either indifferent, or which obstruct the general effect: and it is only by a train of experiments, that we can separate those circumstances from the rest... Accordingly, the inexperienced artist, when he copies nature, will copy her servilely... and the beauties of his performances will be encumbered with a number of superfluous or disagreeable concomitants. Experience and observation alone can enable him to make this determination: to exhibit the principles of beauty pure and unadulterated, and to form a creation of his own, more faultless, than ever fell under the observation of his senses.
1808, Dugald Stewart, Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, pages 315–6 - not comparableUtter or out-and-out, especially in the phrase unadulterated truth.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot mixed with impurities
adjectivewithout qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishadulterated
- Englishunadulterated
From un- + adulterated.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 真真確確 /真真确确, 真真實實 /真真实实
- 真真確確 /真真确确 (zhēnzhēnquèquè)pure
- 真真實實 /真真实实 (zhēnzhēnshíshí)pure
- 確確實實 /确确实实 (quèquèshíshí)pure
- 徹徹底底 /彻彻底底 (chèchèdǐdǐ)pure
- 真實不虛 /真实不虚 (zhēnshíbùxū)pure
- 真實非虛 /真实非虚 (zhēnshífēixū)pure
- 真實不假 /真实不假 (zhēnshíbùjiǎ)pure
- 千真萬確 /千真万确 (qiānzhēnwànquè)pure
- 真真正正 (zhēnzhēnzhèngzhèng)pure
- 堂堂正正 (tángtángzhèngzhèng)pure
- 正正當當 /正正当当 (zhèngzhèngdàngdāng)pure
- 真真切切 (zhēnzhēnqièqiè)pure
Dutch onversneden
- onversnedenpure
Finnish puhdas
- puhdaspure
German unverfälscht, durch und durch
- unverfälschtpure
- durch und durchutter or out-and-out
- vollkommenutter or out-and-out
- totalutter or out-and-out
Greek αμιγής
- αμιγής (amigís)pure
Latin inadulteratus
- inadulteratuspure
Norwegian uforfalsket
- uforfalsketpure
Polish czysty, nieskażony
- czystypure
- nieskażonypure
- absolutnyutter or out-and-out
- całkowityutter or out-and-out
Spanish inadulterado, no adulterado
- inadulteradopure
- no adulteradopure
- sin adulteraciónpure
- sin adulterarpure
Swedish oblandad
- oblandadpure
Cite this entry
unadulterated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unadulterated
“unadulterated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unadulterated. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unadulterated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unadulterated.
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