uncontaminated
adjective, verb
uncontaminated is spelled U-N-C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-T-E-D: 14 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, uncontaminated means “Not contaminated; unpolluted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in uncontaminated?
| Letters | 14: U-N-C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is uncontaminated?
Uncontaminated appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce uncontaminated?
- US
Uncontaminated has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-uncontaminated.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of uncontaminated
- more uncontaminated comparative
- most uncontaminated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uncontaminated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not contaminated; unpolluted.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of uncontaminate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does uncontaminated come from?
From un- + contaminated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).