What Does unpolluted Mean
The Latin word impollūtus came to Castilian as unpolluted . It is an adjective that is used in a figurative sense to qualify that or that which has no blemish .
The pristine, therefore, is associated with the immaculate or the pure . For example : “There is no spotless government: unfortunately some wayward official always appears who commits an act of corruption and betrays the trust of the people” , “Please pay attention to me: I want the house to be spotless before the visitors arrive " , " The model, who has just turned 40, surprised with her flawless complexion . "
When something looks perfect , it is said to be pristine. Suppose that the stadium in a certain city will be the scene of the final of a major soccer tournament . In preparation for hosting this show, work is carried out to ensure that the pitch is in the best possible condition, the seats for the spectators are renewed and modernization works are carried out in the changing rooms. The intention is that the stadium looks pristine .
A pristine car , on the other hand, does not have any scratches or dents. The vehicle exhibits an impeccable appearance, without traces of use.
An unpolluted individual , finally, is the one whose antecedents are unimpeachable . He never had a brush with the law , he does not register debts, he has no enemies or detractors and all the people who know him speak well of him. Many times, however, that perfection is just a facade since it is very difficult for a human being not to drag faults or defects of any kind.
Although this term appears often in everyday speech, its meaning has nuances that are not always used in informal conversation. In fact, it is normal to use it with a certain tone of exaggeration to express a genuine deep admiration for the state of a place or an object; for example, by saying "Wow, the car is really pristine!" We show that it is so clean and well cared for that it impresses us.
If instead of using the word pristine we said that "the car is in perfect condition" it would not mean that its appearance was different, but that we would be avoiding showing our feelings about it, opting instead for a colder or more objective opinion .
Let's see below some of the synonyms that dictionaries offer us, to understand the nuances of this word in greater depth: pure , clean, neat, immaculate, impeccable, faultless and irreproachable . Regarding its antonyms, on the other hand, we have the following three: polluted, stained and dirty .
It is interesting to note that the antonyms that we obtain in a dictionary are not precisely those that best express the ideas opposed to the meaning of unpolluted . As is well expressed in the previous paragraphs, a spotless thing is shining , it causes admiration for its condition; a pristine person, likewise, has an unblemished reputation and can be a role model. If we have a pristine article at one end, the other will be its version "in a deplorable state", since the adjectives dirty , stained and contaminated do not have enough force to denote this contrast.
In the case of a person, on the other hand, perhaps the adjective stained will help us to refer to his reputation if we want to express the opposite idea of "a pristine trajectory." When we speak of a "stain" in this symbolic context, we generally mean a mark that is impossible to erase, the consequence of a bad decision, such as the commission of a crime; if it were an object, the stain could simply be the result of not being cleaned properly.