pristine.

Remaining clean, intact, or unaffected by damage and alteration.

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Words that belong together

• pristine shoreline
• pristine condition

On the page

The survey team found a pristine stretch of shoreline beyond the road.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Comparative more pristine; superlative most pristine when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.