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unalloyed

adjective
un·​al·​loyed | \ ˌən-É™-ˈlȯid How to pronounce unalloyed (audio) \

Definition of unalloyed

: not alloyed : unmixed, unqualified, pure unalloyed metals unalloyed happiness

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Examples of unalloyed in a Sentence

the unalloyed happiness that marriage has brought them

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The new experiment is an unalloyed triumph over classical methods. Kevin Hartnett, WIRED, "It's Not a Myth: Quantum Messages Really Can Travel Faster," 23 Dec. 2018 There is something wistfully bittersweet about the unalloyed faith that the companies placed in what lay ahead. Bob Greene, WSJ, "The Extinct Companies That Sponsored the Future," 17 June 2019 If Cronin and Fitch had never made their discovery, that result would have been an unalloyed triumph. Quanta Magazine, "Time’s (Almost) Reversible Arrow," 7 Jan. 2016 Shale power is not, however, an unalloyed good for the U.S. China’s energy-intensive manufacturing economy benefits substantially when energy prices fall. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, "How American Fracking Changes the World," 26 Nov. 2018 Amazon’s arrival might once have been heralded as an unalloyed good. Alex Baca, Vox, "I work in urban planning. Now Amazon’s coming to my city.," 20 Nov. 2018 His is a work of political propaganda—an unalloyed instrument of myth-making and an exercise in hero worship. Benjamin Shull, WSJ, "Portraiture as Propaganda," 17 Aug. 2018 My Google alert for Timothée Chalamet, normally such a font of unalloyed bliss, has been very sad the past week. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "This Week in Timothée Chalamet, August 3 Edition," 3 Aug. 2018 The big uptick in global trade isn’t an unalloyed positive for commodities as long as China is tamping down credit growth. Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, "A Trade War Might Be a Commodities Buying Opportunity," 27 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of unalloyed

1667, in the meaning defined above

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unalloyed

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English Language Learners Definition of unalloyed

: not mixed with something else

unalloyed

adjective
un·​al·​loyed | \ ˌən-É™-ˈlȯid How to pronounce unalloyed (audio) \

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