untainted
pronunciation
How to pronounce untainted in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈteɪntɪd]
How to pronounce untainted in American English:
US [ ˌʌnˈteɪntɪd]
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- Adjective:
- of reputation
Word Origin
- untainted (adj.)
- 1580s, in the moral sense; c. 1600 in the physical sense; from un- (1) "not" + past participle of taint (v.). Earlier was untained (mid-15c.), from a Middle English variant of taint (v.).
Example
- 1. To fill the time while we wait for the great wall of statistical secrecy to crumble , we have constructed a data set on china 's economy entirely from private and foreign sources , untainted by the suspicion of political interference .