Both Uses
adulterate
in
Paper Towns
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- an absolute, unadulterated, raging bitch.†
p. 38.3unadulterated = pure or completestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unadulterated means not and reverses the meaning of adulterated. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- My locker was an unadulterated crap hole—half trash can, half book storage.†
p. 228.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(adulterate) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)