uncontaminated

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adjective

Not contaminated; unpolluted.

Similar
noncontaminatedunpollutedpure
Opposite
contaminated
OriginEnglish contaminated ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

uncontaminated1

adjectiveuncontaminated (comparative more uncontaminated, superlative most uncontaminated)

comparative more uncontaminated · superlative most uncontaminated

  1. Not contaminated; unpolluted.

    These people, it may be noted, belong to a primitive race, uncontaminated by contact with white races, and practically still in the Stone Age.

    1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)

    Synonyms: noncontaminated

uncontaminated2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of uncontaminate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot contaminated; unpolluted.

Similar
noncontaminated

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot corrupted by contact or association

Opposite
contaminated

adjectivefree from admixture with noxious elements; clean

Similar
unpollutedpure
Also see
immaculatemerenoncontaminatedpest-freepureunbesmirchedunpolluted

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcontaminated
  9. Englishuncontaminated

From un- + contaminated.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀκέραιος
  • ἀκέραιος (akéraios)unpolluted
Finnish saastumaton
  • saastumatonunpolluted
Greek αμόλυντος
  • αμόλυντος (amólyntos)unpolluted
Italian incontaminato
  • incontaminatounpolluted
Romanian necontaminat, nepoluat
  • necontaminatunpolluted
  • nepoluatunpolluted
Cite this entry
APA

uncontaminated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontaminated

MLA

“uncontaminated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontaminated. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncontaminated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontaminated.

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