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UNADULTERATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unadulterated mean?
• UNADULTERATED (adjective)
The adjective UNADULTERATED has 2 senses:
1. not mixed with impurities
2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Familiarity information: UNADULTERATED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not mixed with impurities
Context example:
unadulterated maple syrup
Similar:
pure (free of extraneous elements of any kind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Synonyms:
arrant; complete; consummate; double-dyed; everlasting; gross; perfect; pure; sodding; staring; stark; thorough; thoroughgoing; unadulterated; utter
Context example:
the unadulterated truth
Similar:
unmitigated (not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier)
Context examples
The time that it takes for an unadulterated administered substance to be reduced by a factor of 2 in its concentration by natural physiological processes.
(Biological Half-Life, NCI Thesaurus)
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