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pure
adjective as in unmixed, genuine
adjective as in clean, uncontaminated
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disinfected, germ-free, immaculate, intemerate, pasteurized, sanitary, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterile, sterilized, taintless, unblemished, undebased, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished
adjective as in virginal, chaste
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babe in woods, blameless, celibate, cherry, continent, exemplary, guileless, immaculate, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, kid, lily white, maidenly, modest, pure as driven snow, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unblighted, uncorrupted, undefiled, unprofaned, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virtuous, wet behind ears, wide-eyed
adjective as in absolute, utter
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blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, infernal, out-and-out, thorough, unqualified
adjective as in theoretical
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abstract, academic, philosophical, speculative, tentative, unproved
Example Sentences
Sam Farmer’s column on the techniques and skills of the best pure passers in football was very informative.
Inspired by Prague’s underground rave culture, the record itself is centered around life’s purest experiences.
For most U.S. investors, Cognex is the purest and most accessible play on the rise of machine vision.
These asset classes are generally thought to be better suited for the private-wealth market than pure private equity.
“But our upstream neighbors continue clinging to century-old legal positions that ignore today’s reality. Any proposal that doesn’t require every basin state to share in conservation is pure fantasy.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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