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Uncorrupted

Definition: Uncorrupted

Uncorrupted

Adjective

1. (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased; "uncorrupted English"; "learn to speak pure English undefiled"- Van Wyck Brooks.

2. Not decayed or decomposed.

3. Not debased; "though his associates were dishonest, he remained uncorrupted"; "uncorrupted values".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "uncorrupted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)


Synonyms: Uncorrupted

Synonyms: undefiled (adj), unspoiled (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Uncorrupted

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disinterestedness

Unbought, unbribed; uncorrupted; (upright).

Probity

Innocent; pure, stainless; unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured; uncorrupt, uncorrupted; undefiled, undepraved, undebauched; integer vitae scelerisque purus; justus et tenax propositi.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Uncorrupted

English words defined with "uncorrupted": Incorrupted. (references)
Specialty definitions using "uncorrupted": reliable communication. (references)
Etymologies containing "uncorrupted": Incorrupted. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Uncorrupted

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Uncorrupted Stock Picker (reference)

  • Uncorrupted Heart: Journal and Letters of Frederick Julius Gustorf, 1800-1845 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Uncorrupted

AuthorQuotation

Daniel J. Boorstin

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Uncorrupted

"Uncorrupted" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Uncorrupted" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%12101,599

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Uncorrupted

Language Translations for "uncorrupted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

непокварен (incorrupt, pure), неподкупен (clean-fingered, incorrupt, uncorruptible), запазен (engaged, extant, green, preserved, reserved, safe, unworn), здрав (blooming, durable, entire, fast, fit, flourishing, flush, good, hard, healthful, healthy, hearty, hefty, invulnerable, lasting, laudable, lusty, nervous, nervy, reliable, right, robust, rubbery, rude, rugged, safe, salubrious, seaworthy, secure, serviceable, sinewy, sleek, sober, sound, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure footed, taintless, tenacious, thickset, up to the mark, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, without scathe). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

清廉 (honest). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

turmeltumaton (undamaged, unspoilt). (various references)

   

German

  

unverdorben (fresh, pure, pure-minded, uncontaminated, undecayed, unspoiled, unspoilt, untainted), rechtschaffen (above-board, honest, righteous, righteously, upright, uprightly, upstanding), nicht korrumpiert. (various references)

   

Manx

  

oney (artless, harmless, honest, innocent, innocuous, morally uncorrupted, simple, well-meant). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orrupteduncay

   

Vietnamese 

  

không hư hỏng (undepraved), không đ"i bại (uninfected). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Uncorrupted

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

incorrupti, incorruptum, incorruptus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Uncorrupted

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-n-o-p-r-r-t-u-u"

-2 letters: corrupted, punctured, uncorrupt.

-3 letters: cornuted, nurtured, procured, producer, protrude, puncture, reductor, ruptured, trounced, trouncer, undercut, upturned.

-4 letters: cornute, corrupt, counted, counter, courted, courter, couture, crunode, current, douceur, eductor, nurture, porrect, portend, pounced, pouncer, pounder, procure, produce, product, protend, prouder, prudent, recount, rondure, rounder, roundup, rupture, trounce, trouped, trouper, uncured, unroped, untruer, uptrend.

-5 letters: copter.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-n-o-p-r-r-t-u-u"
 

+3 letters: outreproducing, superconductor.

 

+4 letters: superconductors, underproduction.

 

+5 letters: underproductions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Uncorrupted


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 63 6F 72 72 75 70 74 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    -.-.    ---    .-.    .-.    ..-    .--.    -    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01100011 01101111 01110010 01110010 01110101 01110000 01110100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#99 &#111 &#114 &#114 &#117 &#112 &#116 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0063 006F 0072 0072 0075 0070 0074 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5580698184848782867170

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Uncorrupted"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarialainen, bulgare, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kiinalainen, Chinesisch, Sheenish, Sheenagh

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosфински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnisch, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, tiếng Phần-lan

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitionгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , saksalainen, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg

Vietnamese

sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự địnhвиетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamilainen, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, englisch, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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