unalloyed
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unalloyed
Synonyms
absolute, fine, neat, plain, pure, purified, refined, straight, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed
Antonyms
adulterated, alloyed, diluted, impure, mixed
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Shale power is not, however, an unalloyed good for the U.S. China’s energy-intensive manufacturing economy benefits substantially when energy prices fall. — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, "How American Fracking Changes the World," 26 Nov. 2018 Amazon’s arrival might once have been heralded as an unalloyed good. — Alex Baca, Vox, "I work in urban planning. Now Amazon’s coming to my city.," 20 Nov. 2018 His is a work of political propaganda—an unalloyed instrument of myth-making and an exercise in hero worship. — Benjamin Shull, WSJ, "Portraiture as Propaganda," 17 Aug. 2018 My Google alert for Timothée Chalamet, normally such a font of unalloyed bliss, has been very sad the past week. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "This Week in Timothée Chalamet, August 3 Edition," 3 Aug. 2018 The big uptick in global trade isn’t an unalloyed positive for commodities as long as China is tamping down credit growth. — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, "A Trade War Might Be a Commodities Buying Opportunity," 27 Mar. 2018 Dining among the Picassos, Tamayos and Steinbergs was an unalloyed pleasure for many. — Daniel Miller, latimes.com, "Five Picassos went missing from the L.A. Times. What happened to them?," 12 July 2018 The seven-part BBC documentary, presented by a beloved nonagenarian naturalist, was not unalloyed entertainment, though. — Karla Adam, Washington Post, "Britain’s David Attenborough enjoys a moment as his ‘Blue Planet II’ takes a hard look at ocean pollution," 5 Jan. 2018 These three books for young readers — all set after school’s out — contain education and entertainment, nuanced instruction and unalloyed amusement. — Ellen Handler Spitz, New York Times, "What Should Your Kid Read This Summer? Here Are Three to Start With," 1 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unalloyed.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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