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pristine
/ˈprɪˌstin/
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What does pristine mean?
adjective
- Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.
- Perfect.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
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IPA pronunciation
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The town in its pristine prime was a great lumber centre, and hummed with the industry of numerous sawmills.
Neither by day nor by night does she try to shift her quarters and restore matters to their pristine state.
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In pristine days the Buffalo herds were followed by bands of Wolves that preyed on the sick, the weak, and the wounded.
It is interesting to note that the circus is perhaps the only form of ancient entertainment which has retained something of its pristine simplicity.
By Cheshu, he will maintain his argument as well as any military man in the world, in the disciplines of the pristine wars of the Romans.