unexpurgated

American  

[uhn-ek-sper-gay-tid] / ʌnˈɛk spərˌgeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. (of written, filmed, or audio material) containing the original contents in their entirety; uncensored.

   an album of unexpurgated songs from an early studio recording.

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unexpurgated British  

/ ʌnˈɛkspəˌɡeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. (of a book, text, etc) not amended or censored by removing potentially offensive material

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Etymology

Origin of unexpurgated

First recorded in 1880–85; un- ¹ ( def. ) + expurgated ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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unexpurgated

Pepys’s financial corruption, common enough among officials of his rank, is well known, having come out in the unexpurgated edition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

To be precise, the current attorney general, Merrick Garland, released the report, unexpurgated, unredacted and without comment or commentary.

From Salon ● May 20, 2023

We’ll have to hope that some later, more enlightened generation will rectify our mistake, step off the euphemism treadmill and confront literary history in all its messy, unexpurgated glory.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023

But in its unexpurgated form, it accurately reflects how women describe their faithless suitors.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

Gulliver was there unexpurgated, strong meat for a boy perhaps but not too strong I hold—I have never regretted that I escaped niceness in these affairs.

From Tono Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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