Unspoiled

Not damaged or degraded by harmful development, use, or neglect.

Reach for it when Praising a landscape, place, or object that retains valued original qualities.

A foot-only trail leads to an unspoiled cove below the cliffs.

• everyday

  natural

  the setting retains nonbuilt character

  not when human-managed places can also be unspoiled

• formal

  unmarred

  beauty or condition has no spoiling mark

  not when less focused on development or use

• literary

  pristine

  a place appears exceptionally untouched

  not when may erase careful human stewardship

Not made selfish or unpleasant by privilege or praise.

Reach for it when Commending a person's grounded character despite success.

The celebrated young musician remained curious and unspoiled.

• warm

  grounded

  success has not distorted perspective

  not when does not directly address selfish behavior

• warm

  humble

  a person does not overvalue achievement

  not when stronger moral praise than merely unspoiled

• formal

  unaffected

  manner remains natural despite status

  not when can also mean unchanged by an external event

• spoiled
• degraded
• entitled

• unspoiled countryside

  The rail trail crosses twenty kilometers of unspoiled countryside.

• remain unspoiled

  Visitor limits help the island remain unspoiled.

• remarkably unspoiled

  Despite early fame, the actor remained remarkably unspoiled.