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  • adjective Not tempted.

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un- +‎ tempted

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Examples

  • You might have noticed that in the above characterization of myself as untempted, temptation presents itself — or rather fails to present itself --- in the form of women putting the moves on me.

    Lance Mannion: 2010

  • You might have noticed that in the above characterization of myself as untempted, temptation presents itself — or rather fails to present itself --- in the form of women putting the moves on me.

    Random Thought Number Two on the Hoosier Hypocrite---Now With More Middle-aged Sex Appeal. 2010

  • In legislating so that securitizers "won't sell garbage to investors," Congress wisely mandates that securitizers be long in assets pooled -- assets in which transactions would otherwise leave securitizers neutral and untempted by any opportunity to short.

    Louis M. Guenin: Regulating Collateralized Debt Obligations, the Elephant in the Room Untouched by Financial Reform Bills Louis M. Guenin 2010

  • She sneers at his hospitality and says that she's untempted by the meal he prepares for her.

    Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961) Michael May 2008

  • She sneers at his hospitality and says that she's untempted by the meal he prepares for her.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Michael May 2008

  • If one of the prosecutors had just sent a Democratic Congressman to jail, would you be totally untempted by the White House explanation that the real cause was, say, a reluctance to prosecute abortion-clinic protesters under RICO?

    Politics, Lies, and 93 v. 8 - Swampland - TIME.com 2007

  • If one of the prosecutors had just sent a Democratic Congressman to jail, would you be totally untempted by the White House explanation that the real cause was, say, a reluctance to prosecute abortion-clinic protesters under RICO?

    Michael Kinsey on U.S. Attorney Firings Matt Johnston 2007

  • In 1976, unlike most who called themselves conservatives, Cheney remained untempted by Reagan and clung to Ford, his best ticket to ride.

    Cheney: The Fatal Touch Didion, Joan 2006

  • Crumple sighed again — he had learned the impotency of worldly wealth, and would have been satisfied, if left untempted, to have remained happy with one and sixpence a day.

    The Warden 2004

  • True, there was no overt sexual chemistry between us; in fact, we were so untempted by each other that we would share a room as chastely as siblings.

    Living Alone and Loving It Barbara Feldon 2003

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