unalloyed

adjective un·al·loyed \ ˌən-ə-ˈlȯid \

Updated on: 30 Mar 2018

Definition of unalloyed

: not alloyed : unmixed, unqualified, pure

unalloyed metals

unalloyed happiness

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Examples of unalloyed in a Sentence

the unalloyed happiness that marriage has brought them

Recent Examples of unalloyed from the Web

The weird thing is that Trump doesn’t seem to have learned the lesson that constantly trying to spin a historically volatile economic measure as an unalloyed good thing can carry a risk.

— philip bump, Washington Post, "Why did markets stumble? Per Trump, for the same reason they soared: The great economy," 7 Feb. 2018
The government is not an unalloyed good that should be considered immune from criticism, by any stretch of the imagination.

— philip bump, Washington Post, "The underrecognized damage Trump is doing to the Republican Party," 14 Feb. 2018
The Clean Air Act is one of the unalloyed triumphs of the federal regulatory system, and one of the true achievements of what used to be the Republican Party.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "Today in Environmental Protection: 2018 Edition," 26 Jan. 2018
Nor have investors been unalloyed winners: Their returns, as a proportion of companies’ net income, haven’t risen, suggesting Japanese firms aren’t getting any more generous with dividends.

— anjani trivedi, WSJ, "Corporate Scandals Say More About Japan Than the Nikkei," 12 Oct. 2017
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first term in office was an unalloyed success, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

— mara gay, WSJ, "As Bill de Blasio Sees It, More Credit Is Due," 5 Sep. 2017
Unlike other exiles, who typically bemoan chaos in their homelands, Mr. Hockney is still a British citizen and speaks about Queen Elizabeth II with unalloyed admiration.

— deborah solomon, New York Times, "David Hockney, Contrarian, Shifts Perspectives," 5 Sep. 2017
And then there’s those Athenian tradesmen, taking time after finishing with their day jobs to rehearse their play because of their unalloyed love of theater.

— mike fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Off the Wall seasons 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with a dash of Cole Porter," 19 Oct. 2017
Where Disneyland is smooth, rich, and carefully engineered toward the family, Cedar Point is blunt and unalloyed.

— charles c. w. cooke, National Review, "Magnificent Thrill Machines," 16 Aug. 2017

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