uncut

[ uhn-kuht ]
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adjective
  1. not cut.

  2. not shortened or condensed; unabridged: an uncut version of the play.

  1. in the original form; neither reduced in size nor given shape, as a diamond.

  2. not diluted or mixed with other substances: uncut heroin.

  3. Bookbinding. untrimmed (def. 2).

  4. Slang. not circumcised.

Origin of uncut

1
First recorded in 1400–50, uncut is from the late Middle English word unkyt.See un-1, cut

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How to use uncut in a sentence

  • I don't know where [US uncut] will go, but it at least puts another discussion on the table.

  • Methods are not all that US uncut has in common with the Tea Party movement.

  • Even after paying import duty, they were bought at a handsome price, uncut, by one of New York's leading diamond importers.

    The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland Goodwin
  • The way to prepare stencils is to leave a portion uncut, which is known as a tie, and the letter will appear as shown in Fig. 7.

  • Cuban women excel in charm of mannerism and in their eyes Miss Roosevelt appears unpolished and uncut.

  • "Yes," fanning herself briskly with the pages of an uncut magazine.

    The Diamond Coterie | Lawrence L. Lynch
  • He found some two thousand volumes, and was soon absorbed in reading the titles; many of the books were still uncut.

    The Precipice | Ivan Goncharov

British Dictionary definitions for uncut

uncut

/ (ʌnˈkʌt) /


adjective
  1. (of a book) not having the edges of its pages trimmed or slit

  2. (of a gemstone) not cut and faceted

  1. not abridged or shortened

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