unspoilt

U1N1S1P3O1I1L1T1

adjective

Not spoilt, decayed or corrupted.

“Before the motorway was built, this was unspoilt countryside.”

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveunspoilt (comparative more unspoilt, superlative most unspoilt)

comparative more unspoilt · superlative most unspoilt

  1. Not spoilt, decayed or corrupted.

    Before the motorway was built, this was unspoilt countryside.

    2 more examples

    This one small island offers visitors bars and nightlife, unspoilt scenery, ecotourism, trekking, beaches, diving and snorkeling, sea life tours, and a host of cultural attractions and luxury resorts in a perceived safe environment.

    2019 December 6, Sakib Awan, “Can Tourism Become the New Economic Driver for Timor-Leste?”, in The Diplomat (magazine)

    Well, during our short staycation at Humberston Fitties, just south of Cleethorpes, we cycled through the very unspoilt Lincolnshire Wolds, which are by no means flat and boring as conventional wisdom about the county suggests.

    2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 35

    Synonyms: unspoiled

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot spoilt, decayed or corrupted.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot left to spoil

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. Englishspoilt
  9. Englishunspoilt

From un- + spoilt.

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Translations

Bulgarian запазен, неразвален
  • запазен (zapazen)not spoilt
  • неразвален (nerazvalen)not spoilt
Danish urørt
  • urørtnot spoilt
German unberührt
  • unberührtnot spoilt
Norwegian Bokmål urørt
  • urørtnot spoilt

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Cite this entry
APA

unspoilt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspoilt

MLA

“unspoilt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspoilt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspoilt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspoilt.

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