unstained

Examples

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• He moved to the flat-backed headboard of the bed, carefully probing the unstained side facing the wall, then the paneled wall itself.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The surfaces were all dusty but unstained; when she opened the refrigerator, she saw bare shelves without so much as a rotted lettuce leaf or smear of ketchup.

  Fiction book (1992)

• To give some perspective, I once second-chaired a "cold-case" murder trial where there was no weapon, no one saw the actual stabbing, and the guy wound up dead a couple of miles from the alleged scene, exsanguinated while wearing unstained light-colored pants, in an unstained snowbank with no footprints around his corpse.

  Blog text (29)

• The table was made of unstained wood, showcasing its natural beauty without any added color.

• The artist preferred to work with unstained canvases to better capture the vibrant colors of her paints.

Synonyms

U

unpainted

vsunstained

3 2.2

A thing with no coloured layer on the surface that shows the natural material

refers specifically to absence of stain or varnish not paint

U

unvarnished

vsunstained

1 6.0

Wood left without a coat of varnish or polish

is the identical meaning but used as a more general everyday term

U

uncoated

vsunstained

• Specialized

1 4.2

Without a thin layer of another material on it

specifies lacking stain or varnish, not just any coating

U

unglazed

vsunstained

1 6.2

A surface such as pottery or tiles that has no shiny coating

applies to lacking stain or varnish rather than ceramic glaze

U

unlacquered

vsunstained

6.6

A surface that is not covered with a shiny protective layer

focuses on lacking stain or varnish rather than glossy coating

Antonyms

S

stained

1 3.3

Treated with a colored liquid to change or protect the surface

How Stained

filthy

183 1.5

soiled

1 2.5

stained

1 3.3

unstained

1 3.7

spotless

41 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology