untrimmed
Americanadjective
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not trimmed.
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Bookbinding. Also (of gathered sections of a book) having the bolts untrimmed by a guillotine or plow.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of untrimmed
First recorded in 1525–35; un- 1 + trim ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing untrimmed
Sonnet 18
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 2
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Vocabulary from Readings 3, Unit 4
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Here, a plywood-encased wellhead stands beside a spigot sprouting out of the untrimmed grass.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
The spokesman is a teenager with wildly untrimmed curly hair; he looks like a gamer on his way to an Art Garfunkel look-alike contest.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
These "actions" included his outfit choices and untrimmed toenails.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021
After each PG&E failure — chiefly disastrous wildfires caused by equipment that sets untrimmed vegetation ablaze — utility execs acknowledge they made mistakes and promise to correct them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2019
The hijab made her stand out even more than his untrimmed beard did.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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