unspotted

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un·spot·ted

(ŭn-spŏt′ĭd)

adj.

1. Having no spots.

2. Morally upright.

un·spot′ted·ness n.

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unspotted

(ʌnˈspɒtɪd)

adj

1. without spots or stains

2. (esp of reputations) free from moral stigma or blemish

unˈspottedness n

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un•spot•ted

(ʌnˈspɒt ɪd)

adj.

1. having no spots or stains; without spots; spotless.

2. having no moral blemish or stigma.

[1350–1400]

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Adj.

unspotted - without soil or spot or stain

unsoiled, unstained

clean - free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"

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"How glorious it would have been," remarked Laurence, "if our forefathers could have kept the country unspotted with blood!"

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For her kindred, should the tidings ever reach them, and for the companions of her unspotted life, there remained nothing but the contagion of her dishonour; which would not fail to be distributed in strict accordance arid proportion with the intimacy and sacredness of their previous relationship.

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From my forenoon watch below, I ascended to the overclouded deck; and there, dashed upon the main hatches, I saw a regal, feathery thing of unspotted whiteness, and with a hooked, Roman bill sublime.

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The floor was covered in the centre by a carpet made of rags, a species of manufacture that was then, and yet continues to be, much in use in the interior; while its edges, that were exposed to view, were of unspotted cleanliness.

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The lawn, which fronted the drawing-room windows, was a rich and uniform green, unspotted by a single daisy, and on the other side of it two straight paths led past beds of tall, standing flowers to a charming grassy walk, where the Rev.

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My principal guide and privy-counsellor was my good ancient widow, who, in gratitude for the money I had sent her, thought no pains too much nor care too great to employ for me; and I trusted her so entirely that I was perfectly easy as to the security of my effects; and, indeed, I was very happy from the beginning, and now to the end, in the unspotted integrity of this good gentlewoman.

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One felt that he had kept himself unspotted from the world.

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If I can put that aside, if I can eradicate the marks of what I have endured, and can emerge before the world--a--ha--gentleman unspoiled, unspotted --is it a great deal to expect--I say again, is it a great deal to expect-- that my children should--hum--do the same and sweep that accursed experience off the face of the earth?'

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The enraged Forest Green striker was then lucky to stay on the pitch, as moments later he stuck a sneaky elbow in the face of goalscorer Banks that went unspotted by the officials.

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Many of the most famous were self-made, confident they had ability unspotted by their "elders and betters".