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unadulterated [uhn-uh-duhl-tuh-rey-tid] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unadulterated on Thesaurus.com adjective
- not diluted or made impure by adulterating; pure: unadulterated maple syrup.
- utter; absolute: unadulterated nonsense.
Origin of unadulterated First recorded in 1710–20; un-1 + adulterate + -ed2 Related formsun·a·dul·ter·at·ed·ly, adverb Related Words for unadulterated unsullied, purified, immaculate, refined, sanitary, spotless, stainless, sterile, unblemished, undefiled, unstained, untarnished, untouched, wholesome, uncorrupted, undiluted, untainted, uncontaminated, unpolluted Examples from the Web for unadulterated Contemporary Examples of unadulterated
What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture
Amy Zimmerman
December 23, 2014
In their unadulterated form, oats are pretty much free of simple sugars.
Your Health Food’s Hidden Sugar Bomb
Michael Schulson
July 8, 2014
Of course, this is no excuse for the main engine behind cultural appropriation: pure, unadulterated ignorance.
Pharrell, Harry Styles, and Native American Appropriation
Amy Zimmerman
June 4, 2014
Molly holds the reputation of being an unadulterated drug—Ecstasy minus any and all substances used to cut it.
Miley, Molly, and Your Teen’s Mind
Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad
May 13, 2014
But my love of Spider-Man and my pure, unadulterated curiosity of what that experience was going to be like overwhelmed that.
Marc Webb Takes Us Inside ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and Discusses His Rise to the A-List
Marlow Stern
March 15, 2014
Historical Examples of unadulterated
They did not need food, but they needed their own unadulterated society.
Arnold Bennett
He only drank water because he was not sure that the wine was unadulterated.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
You can’t make me believe that you are pure, unadulterated Pennsylvania Dutch.
Anna Balmer Myers
Hence, one will have to proceed as follows, if one wishes to prove that it is unadulterated.
Vitruvius
He had the natural picturesqueness of the unadulterated farce.
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
British Dictionary definitions for unadulterated unadulterated adjective
- not debased or made impure
Word Origin and History for unadulterated adj.
1719, from un- (1) “not” + past participle of adulterate.