unexpurgated
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unexpurgated
First recorded in 1880–85; un- 1 ( def. ) + expurgated ( def. )
Example Sentences
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A fully unexpurgated version was not released until 1981.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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
Readers had to wait another half-century for the Library of America, a nonprofit that publishes classic American literature in authoritative new editions, to release an unexpurgated version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2021
In the later editions of the Talmud the allusions to Christ and Christianity are few and cautious, compared with the earlier or unexpurgated copies.
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
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