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uncovered

[uhn-kuhv-erd] Origin

un·cov·ered

[uhn-kuhv-erd]
adjective
1.
having no cover or covering.
2.
having the head bare.
3.
not protected by collateral or other security, as a loan.
4.
not protected by insurance: Workers want their uncovered spouses to join the health plan.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English uncovert. See un-1, cover, -ed2

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Uncovered is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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un·cov·er

[uhn-kuhv-er]
verb (used with object)
1.
to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
2.
to remove the cover or covering from.
3.
to remove a hat from (the head).
verb (used without object)
4.
to remove a cover or covering.
5.
to take off one's hat or other head covering as a gesture of respect.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English uncoveren. See un-2, cover
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uncovered (ʌnˈkʌvəd)
 
adj
1.  not covered; revealed or bare
2.  not protected by insurance, security, etc
3.  with hat removed as a mark of respect

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uncover
c.1300, from un- (2) + cover (v.). Earliest use is fig.; lit. sense is attested from late 14c.
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