nonpolluted
- adjective
- /nɒn.pəˈluː.tɪd/
- After the factory closed, the river became nonpolluted, allowing fish to thrive again.
Examples
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Pollution tracks measured by satellite images show that polluted clouds downstream from major urban areas and pollution sources, such as power plants and oil refineries, have fewer water droplets and, therefore, produce less precipitation than nonpolluted clouds.
Academic text (2000) -
Group 1 was made up of long-term residents of the port of Veracruz (a low-ozone environment), Group 2 of people originally from nonpolluted locations who had lived in the city for less than 31 days, and Group 3 of people who had lived in southwestern Mexico City for more than two months.
Academic text (1997) -
The hikers enjoyed a picnic in the nonpolluted valley, surrounded by pristine nature.
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The area was declared a nonpolluted zone, where residents could breathe fresh air.
Synonyms
Free from dirt or harmful things
Not damaged or rotten and still in a fresh, natural state
Pure and not mixed with anything else
Completely clean and not spoiled or stained
Pure and not mixed with anything else
Clean and not made dirty by harmful substances
Free from harmful or unwanted things
Not spoiled by dirt, harm, or bad things
Not spoiled and still pure in body or mind
Pure and not mixed with other things
Antonyms
How Polluted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonpolluted is made from non- meaning 'not' and pollute meaning 'to make dirty', and you can see the same root in pollution, so nonpolluted means 'not made dirty' or 'clean and free from harmful things'.