Sentence examples for not exactly pristine from inspiring English sources
"It's not exactly pristine".
The park is not exactly pristine.
To switch to New York, you have probably noticed that our subways are not exactly pristine.
It was his worst outing of the season, but the seven starts that followed were not exactly pristine.
It was not exactly pristine or remote where I was swimming, at Brighton Beach, surrounded by a group of elderly Russians in bathing caps backstroking their afternoon away.
It is, however, part of a city park and not exactly pristine: you can hear the vague din of traffic in the distance, and I spotted a discarded Hostess Mini Muffins wrapper on the way up here.
For instance, during the loan approval process, exact terms may shift — a rate can go up one-eighth or one-quarter of a percentage point for any deal that isn't exactly "pristine," he says — and pristine means a free-standing single-family house instead of a condo, a credit score of 725 or more, and full documentation of income.
Despite the beautiful surroundings, I can't help but notice the campgrounds aren't exactly pristine.
But even if this game does go ahead as planned, you'd imagine the field will "not exactly be in pristine condition" as Jürgen Klinsmann might cheerfully understate it.
But while the rest of Paris isn't exactly known for pristine streets, locals feel that their complains about the rubbish are being repeatedly ignored by the city, and have now taken out legal action against the city for municipal neglect, and are demanding €20,000 worth of damages.
