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unstained

adjective un·stained \ ˌən-ˈstānd \

Definition of unstained

:not stained: such as

a :not discolored by a stain

unstained clothing

b :not morally blemished or tainted

an unstained reputation

… a life unstained except by such spots as are inseparable from human nature …
—Nathaniel Hawthorne

First Known Use of unstained

1555

unstained Synonyms

Synonyms

antiseptic, chaste, fair, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, squeaky-clean, stainless, unsoiled, clean, unsullied

Antonyms

besmirched, dirty, filthy, foul, grubby, smirched, soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleaned

Related Words

pure, taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome; cleanly, germfree, hygienic, sanitary, sterile; abluted, bleached, cleansed, purified, scrubbed, washed, whitened; milky, snowy, white; flawless, unblemished; bright, shiny, sparkling

Near Antonyms

dingy, greasy, grimy, mucky, muddy, unwashed; defiled, germy, polluted, tainted, unsterile, unsterilized; blackened, discolored

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