[ronnie raygun]

HOA is presented to prospective buyers as a means to keep thier property values up and thier neghborhood pristine but it can turn into a dictatorship

[familyop]

"HOA is presented to prospective buyers as a means to keep thier property values up and thier neghborhood pristine but it can turn into a dictatorship"

Fascinating. And pristine is often used as a word in real estate advertising.

3 definitions found for pristine

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pristine \Pris"tine\, a. [L. pristinus, akin to prior: cf. F.
     pristin. See Prior, a.]
     Belonging to the earliest period or state; original;
     primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the
     pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  pristine
      adj 1: completely free from dirt or contamination; "pristine
             mountain snow"
      2: immaculately clean and unused; "handed her his pristine white
         handkerchief"