uncontaminating

1. 1.

   not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

   “a clean fuel”

   “cleaner and more efficient engines”

   “the tactical bomb is reasonably clean”

   Synonymsclean

Questions about uncontaminating

What does uncontaminating mean?

uncontaminating means "not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination".

How many syllables are in uncontaminating?

uncontaminating has 6 syllables: un-con-ta-mi-na-ting. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for uncontaminating?

Close synonyms include clean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is uncontaminating a common word?

uncontaminating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.