pristine

[pris-teen, pri-steen, pris-tahyn] / ˈprɪs tin, prɪˈstin, ˈprɪs taɪn /

ADJECTIVE

clean, pure; primeval

Synonyms

STRONGEST

immaculate intact natural snowy spotless sterile untouched

WEAK

earliest early first original primal purified refined sanitary stainless sterilized taintless unadulterated uncorrupted undebased unpolluted unsoiled unspotted unstained unsullied untainted untarnished virginal wholesome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

affected dirty

Example Sentences

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So they bought the place and vowed to restore it to pristine condition.

From Salon

Nina fell so in love with the country—the pristine beaches that make up its coastline, the music and culture—that she decided to set up shop there.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alphabet and Meta both have pristine AA credit ratings from S&P Global Ratings — giving them more borrowing power compared to Oracle, which has a BBB rating hovering at the lower end of investment grade.

From MarketWatch

This age-old enclave, blanketed in pristine snow, seems to Gabriel “the very embodiment of a three-dimensional Christmas card.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The lineup is spectacular: scallops, mussels, snow crab leg meat and claws, cod, lobster tails and claws — all pristine, fresh, and ready to be devoured.

From Salon

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