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unalloyed

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not in mixture with other metals; pure.
  • adjective Complete; unqualified.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not alloyed; not debased or reduced by foreign admixture; hence, pure; complete; entire; as, metals unalloyed; unalloyed satisfaction.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not alloyed; not in mixture with other metals; pure.
  • adjective Complete and unreserved; pure; not restricted, modified, or qualified by reservations.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective free from admixture

Etymologies

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un- +‎ alloyed

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Examples

  • He is it all — then the compassion for others heretofore blocked by frantic self-concern can flow out in unalloyed profusion: "An seine Familie dachte er mit Rührung und Liebe zurück" [ "He thought back on his family with affection and love"] (SE 96).

    Kafka and the Coincidence of Opposites 2007

  • Which just about bathed me in unalloyed happiness.

    As promised, the cast list for INK & STEEL hal_duncan 2007

  • There is something in us that resists the idea of unalloyed evil/badness in even the most disreputable governments.

    Michael Brenner: Ben Bernanke -- Now and Forevermore 2009

  • In a study of seven nation-building projects carried out since the end of World War II, the RAND corporation concluded that only two, Germany and Japan, could be characterized as unalloyed successes -- a failure rate of 71 percent.

    Malou Innocent: U.S. Must Narrow Objectives in Afghanistan 2009

  • "Moreover," said Ralph, "another sea voyage, made under the influence of other feelings than those which have agitated us hitherto, is the best preparation we could imagine for communing with ourselves, for detaching ourselves from earthly affections, for raising ourselves in unalloyed purity to the feet of the Supreme Being.

    Indiana 1900

  • So far his good is almost entirely unalloyed, which is why some don't like him-it's hard to believe there are people who are so saintly or so uncomplicated.

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • The agency's warnings that unalloyed austerity is self-defeating only adds to the piling anxieties on the economic side.

    Eurozone: Cut to the core | Editorial 2012

  • I think that's as unalloyed triumph as you're going to get in a six-way contested primary.

    New Hampshire primary reaction: Mitt Romney versus the zombies 2012

  • It was not unalloyed bliss, taking her to the lecture.

    Chapter 12 2010

  • Perhaps both sides can agree it would be an unalloyed positive if the BHA targeted counterproductive, mechanical and needless whip use – those who habitually reach for the whip as first resort or carry on using it beyond the point of constructiveness.

    In a weighing room not so far, far away – it's whip wars 2011

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