unpristine

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adjective

Not pristine; sullied, dirty, impure.

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Meanings

adjectiveunpristine (comparative more unpristine, superlative most unpristine)

comparative more unpristine · superlative most unpristine

  1. Not pristine; sullied, dirty, impure.

    The subject of all this breathlessness is a decidedly unpristine swath of Staten Island known as Arlington Marsh, a boggy green break in one of the city's most industrialized stretches of waterfront.

    2007 November 7, Andy Newman, “Protecting a Wild Patch of City Marshland”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + pristine.

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APA

unpristine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpristine

MLA

“unpristine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpristine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpristine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpristine.

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