untainted

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By taking on Brontë’s book, Fennell was doomed to stare down millions of overly pedantic literature sticklers, people who prefer their adaptations pure and untainted.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

They likely recognize that degrees untainted by preferences will have greater market value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

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

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

With eyes wide and voice breathless, he will sing the praises of some hopelessly overmatched opponent his Manchester City team has just beaten by 6-1, his players’ jerseys untainted by sweat.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024

I watch him down the length of the ship; he grimaces and works his fingers backwards and cannot sit; and none of us can walk about, or breathe any air untainted.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson