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untainting

untainting adjective: not causing a taint or blemish.

Adjective

untainting (not comparable)

  1. Not causing a taint or blemish.
    • We need no expurgated edition of His works, for all His teachings are stainless and untainting, and like rays of light from the sun, they may fall upon corruption or permeate impurity, but cannot themselves be defiled.1867, Horace Mann, Thoughts

Origin of untainting

From un- + tainting.

Questions about untainting

What does untainting mean?
Untainting means not causing a taint or blemish.
What part of speech is untainting?
Untainting is an adjective.

Words near untainting in the dictionary

  1. untaint
  2. untaintable
  3. untainted
  4. untaintedly
  5. untaintedness
  6. untainting
  7. untaints
  8. untakable
  9. untakeable
  10. untaken
  11. untaken advantage of

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