untainted
adjective
un·taint·ed
ˌən-ˈtān-təd 
: not contaminated, spoiled, or affected slightly with something bad : not tainted
untainted evidence
an untainted reputation
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There is a new young star to put on billboards around the team and throw into commercials, one who, unlike Davis, is untainted by a trade that will live in infamy.
Harrison, pilloried in the aftermath of the Dončić trade, somehow got some salvation, though not forgiveness.
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Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Our Lady was chaste, willingly, willfully passive, untainted by the grottiness of ordinary life.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Some replacements were found in the everyday speech of rural Anatolian villagers or the Turkic peoples of Central Asia, both of which were assumed to have preserved an untainted original Turkish.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
In the awards race, the question looms: Will any of the nominees make it to the ceremony untainted?
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Our Lady was chaste, willingly, willfully passive, untainted by the grottiness of ordinary life.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Some replacements were found in the everyday speech of rural Anatolian villagers or the Turkic peoples of Central Asia, both of which were assumed to have preserved an untainted original Turkish.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
In the awards race, the question looms: Will any of the nominees make it to the ceremony untainted?
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for untainted
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“Untainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untainted. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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