untainted

"If the golden toilet in situ had looked beautiful and perfect and majestic and untainted, this was the total opposite," Mr Hare said.

He put himself forward as a simple peanut farmer, untainted by the questionable ethics of professional politicians on Capitol Hill.

Of course, in our terminally divided culture, no success remains untainted for long.

But if it means she can emerge untainted by “Bidenomics”, it could be one of her greatest strengths.

Apparently, that means “case closed,” no recusal necessary, at least in the allegedly untainted mind of the politically conservative jurist.