Intemerate
What it means
Uncorrupted, undefiled, or inviolate.
Reach for it when choosing a rare literary term for moral or symbolic purity
The poem presents the spring as intemerate despite the damaged landscape around it.
Words to choose between 5
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everyday
Fits when original condition appears untouched
Careful Pristine is often promotional and may erase a place's real history.
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warm
Fits when absence of mixture or moral stain is intended broadly
Careful Pure can moralize people and should be used with care.
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formal
Fits when moral or material corruption is absent
Careful Incorrupt can describe preservation and lacks intemerate's poetic rarity.
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formal
Fits when a principle or boundary remains unbreached
Careful Inviolate concerns violation more than cleanliness or corruption.
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literary
Fits when freedom from pollution or moral stain is explicit
Careful Undefiled carries religious and purity associations that may be unwelcome.
Opposites 3
- defiled
- corrupt
- violated
Common phrases 3
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intemerate ideal
The essay questions whether any institution can preserve an intemerate ideal.
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remain intemerate
In the legend, the hidden spring remains intemerate through every war.
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intemerate devotion
Her intemerate devotion is the poem's elevated, not documentary, claim.
Usage notes
Keep in mind
Intemerate is rare and carries purity language that can moralize people. Its best fit is historical, theological, or deliberately literary prose.
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