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
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Dining among the Picassos, Tamayos and Steinbergs was an unalloyed pleasure for many.
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The seven-part BBC documentary, presented by a beloved nonagenarian naturalist, was not unalloyed entertainment, though.
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These three books for young readers — all set after school’s out — contain education and entertainment, nuanced instruction and unalloyed amusement.
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That is not to say that close community ties are an unalloyed good.
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Part of the problem stems from the collapse itself, which the West saw as an unalloyed good and a breakthrough for global peace.
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Yet while a clear setback for the Taliban, the battle to dislodge the insurgents from Farah wasn’t an unalloyed success for the government of President Ashraf Ghani.
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But the week was not without unalloyed successes—and my favorite of them belongs to the Brewers’ Freddy Peralta, who made his big-league debut on Sunday at Coors Field.
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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.
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First Known Use of unalloyed
1667
unalloyed Synonyms
Synonyms
absolute, fine, neat, plain, pure, purified, refined, straight, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed;
Antonyms
adulterated, alloyed, diluted, impure, mixed;
Near Antonyms
befouled, besmirched, contaminated, corrupted, debased, defiled, fouled, polluted, soiled, spoiled, sullied, tainted;
Related Words
clean, fresh, taintless, uncontaminated, uncorrupted, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted;
UNALLOYED Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of unalloyed for English Language Learners
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: not mixed with something else
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