Meanings
comparative more unblemished · superlative most unblemished · alternative obsolete unblemisht
- figurativelyFree from corruption or evil.
His own estate it most decidedly was, for he had paid for it with his own money; but it had not descended to him from a long line of unblemished ancestry.
1865, Florence Marryat, “Rex Reverdon”, in “Too Good for Him.” […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 11 more example
The lake country is a holiday paradise. All the water sports are practiced. Life is lively without being raucous, the landscape is unblemished by gas stations, souvenir stands, or hot-doggeries.
1967, Lawrence Martin, Sylvia Martin, “[Austria] The Vacationland”, in Europe: The Grand Tour! An Uncommon Guide, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 304
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefree from physical or moral spots or stains
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-
- Englishblemished
- Englishunblemished
Translations
Bulgarian неопетнен, непорочен
- неопетнен (neopetnen)lacking blemishes
- непорочен (neporočen)free from corruption or evil
Finnish tahraton, tahraton
- tahratonlacking blemishes
- tahratonfree from corruption or evil
German fehlerlos, unbeschädigt
- fehlerloslacking blemishes
- unbeschädigtlacking blemishes
Hungarian hibátlan, feddhetetlen
- hibátlanlacking blemishes
- feddhetetlenfree from corruption or evil
- szeplőtelenfree from corruption or evil
- makulátlanfree from corruption or evil
Irish gan on
- gan onlacking blemishes
Māori parakore, harakore
- parakorelacking blemishes
- harakorefree from corruption or evil
Spanish inmaculado, acendrado
- inmaculadolacking blemishes
- acendradolacking blemishes
Swedish fläckfri
- fläckfrilacking blemishes
Cite this entry
unblemished. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblemished
“unblemished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblemished. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unblemished,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblemished.
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