Meanings
- not comparableNot dyed or discolored; not marred by any stains, marks, or spotting.
The unstained hardwood floor was pale, but the finish soaked in and made the room seem dark.
1 more example
The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 194 - not comparablePure, pristine, clean, immaculate, unadulterated.
She arrived at the chapel for her marriage with unstained honor.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot having a coating of stain or varnish
adjective(of reputation) free from blemishes
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-
- Englishstained
- Englishunstained
Translations
Greek άσπιλος
- άσπιλος (áspilos)not stained
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Cite this entry
unstained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstained
“unstained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstained. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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