Unpristine

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not pristine; sullied, dirty, impure.

    "The subject of all this breathlessness is a decidedly unpristine swath of Staten Island known as Arlington Marsh, a boggy green break in one of the city's most industrialized stretches of waterfront."

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"The subject of all this breathlessness is a decidedly unpristine swath of Staten Island known as Arlington Marsh, a boggy green break in one of the city's most industrialized stretches of waterfront."

Etymology

From un- + pristine.

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