untarnished
adjective
un·tar·nished
ˌən-ˈtär-nisht 
: not dulled or damaged : not tarnished
an untarnished reputation
untarnished copper
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
But Nightcrawler’s breach of the White House has remained untarnished in my mind as a series high.
—James Factora, Them, 20 Feb. 2025
Only a handful of people saw the image of a verdant untarnished outside world before Bernard pulled the plug.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
For me, this can mean that sourcing a modern 2020 palette that is untarnished or in ‘mint’ condition can actually prove to be more difficult than sourcing a rare untarnished compact produced in the ‘70s.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
But Nightcrawler’s breach of the White House has remained untarnished in my mind as a series high.
—James Factora, Them, 20 Feb. 2025
Only a handful of people saw the image of a verdant untarnished outside world before Bernard pulled the plug.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
For me, this can mean that sourcing a modern 2020 palette that is untarnished or in ‘mint’ condition can actually prove to be more difficult than sourcing a rare untarnished compact produced in the ‘70s.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Untarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untarnished. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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