Unadulterated Meaning
/ˌʌnəˈdʌltəˌreɪtɪd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjPure; not mixed or adulterated with anything.
adjUtter or out-and-out, especially in the phrase unadulterated truth.
Sentence Examples
The only thing flowing through Tom's veins was pure, unadulterated rage.
I promise you it's unadulterated.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The honey from the farm was ____ because it contained no added sugar or artificial preservatives at all.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt a sense of ____ joy when he finally reached the mountain top and saw the spectacular and vast view today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English adulterated English unadulterated From un- + adulterated.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In the works of nature we find, in many instances, beauty and sublimity involved among circumstances, which are either indifferent, or which obstruct the general effect: and it is only by a train of experiments, that we can separate those circumstances from the rest... Accordingly, the inexperienced artist, when he copies nature, will copy her servilely... and the beauties of his performances will be encumbered with a number of superfluous or disagreeable concomitants. Experience and observation alone can enable him to make this determination: to exhibit the principles of beauty pure and unadulterated, and to form a creation of his own, more faultless, than ever fell under the observation of his senses."
— 1808, Dugald Stewart, Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, pages 315–6:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The honey from the farm was ____ because it contained no added sugar or artificial preservatives at all.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt a sense of ____ joy when he finally reached the mountain top and saw the spectacular and vast view today.