uncontaminated
adjective
un·con·tam·i·nat·ed
ˌən-kən-ˈta-mə-ˌnā-təd 
: not soiled, stained, or corrupted by contact with something else : not contaminated
uncontaminated water
a person uncontaminated by greed
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The actual area requiring demining is certain to be much smaller—thirteen thousand five hundred square miles have already been cleared or deemed uncontaminated—but proving that this land is safe will still require an enormous amount of time and resources.
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Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Meaning, no water source, no matter how remote, can be guaranteed to be pristine or totally uncontaminated.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
The idea has remained controversial, given the difficulty of obtaining healthy, uncontaminated human brain tissue that could be used to study possible microbial inhabitants.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
As a result, Ponza remains gloriously uncontaminated by mass foreign tourism.
—Catherine Fairweather, airmail.news, 21 Sep. 2024
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Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Meaning, no water source, no matter how remote, can be guaranteed to be pristine or totally uncontaminated.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
The idea has remained controversial, given the difficulty of obtaining healthy, uncontaminated human brain tissue that could be used to study possible microbial inhabitants.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
As a result, Ponza remains gloriously uncontaminated by mass foreign tourism.
—Catherine Fairweather, airmail.news, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Uncontaminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncontaminated. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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