contracted
adjective
drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
uncontracted
-
a word derived from
contracted.
Example Sentences
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Venture Global benefited more from flexible and uncontracted cargoes during the shortage, making it likely to give back more gains as gas markets normalize.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Or it could be a program to pay "waste pickers," the uncontracted workers who make their living by collecting refuse from dump sites and the natural environment and selling it to recyclers.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023
The case related to a $2 million payment to Platini in 2011, authorized by FIFA’s then-president Blatter as uncontracted salary for work as an adviser a decade earlier.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2020
Wood Mackenzie, a U.K.-based consultancy, expects the global gas glut will take years to clear, with 70 million metric tons of LNG uncontracted by 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2016
What rules has he proposed totally to unbrace the slackened nerve; to shade the heavy eye of inattention; to give the smooth feature and the uncontracted muscle; or procure insensibility to the whole animal composition?
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson
