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		throwawaylinux on Dec 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hydrochloric acid is more complicated than you thi... > If English followed stricter rules "stainless" would mean "without stain" It does mean that (and/or "unable to be stained").

mattigames on Dec 28, 2022 [–]

Sure but I meant without such ambiguity (unable to be stained VS not stained as of now)

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