Meanings
comparative more untainted · superlative most untainted
- Not tainted; free of contamination; pure.
Time was when Love and I were well acquainted. Time was when we walked ever hand in hand. A saintly youth, with worldly thought untainted, None better loved than I in all the land!
1877, W. S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer, Act I1 more example
The master of [the Bell public house] is brother to the great preacher Whitefield; but is absolutely untainted with the pernicious principles of Methodism, or of any other heretical sect.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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-
- Englishtaint
- Englishtainted
- Englishuntainted
Cite this entry
untainted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untainted
“untainted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untainted. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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