UNBLEMISHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unblemished mean? 

• UNBLEMISHED (adjective)
  The adjective UNBLEMISHED has 1 sense:

1. free from physical or moral spots or stains

  Familiarity information: UNBLEMISHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNBLEMISHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free from physical or moral spots or stains

Synonyms:

unblemished; unmarred; unmutilated

Context example:

an unblemished complexion

Similar:

stainless; unstained; unsullied; untainted; untarnished ((of reputation) free from blemishes)

Also:

undamaged (not harmed or spoiled; sound)

perfect (being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish)

Antonym:

blemished (marred by imperfections)

 Context examples 

Nothing could restore him with a faith unbroken—a character unblemished, to Marianne.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Since the first GM crops were planted 23 years ago, no ill effects have been documented; the crops have enjoyed an unblemished and proven safety record and have expanded 113-fold from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to 191.7 million hectares in 2018.

(GM tech expands with more crops to more countries, SciDev.Net)

If he had been wavering before as to what he should do, which had often seemed likely, the advice and entreaty of so near a relation might settle every doubt, and determine him at once to be as happy as dignity unblemished could make him.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)