Words That Don't Mean What You Think They Mean: Pristine

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam Posted by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Managing Director, Editorial, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.



Pristine: People think "pristine" means “spotless” or “good as new” when it actually means “Ancient, primeval; in a state virtually unchanged from the original." 

 

Forest and land can be pristine.