unexpurgated

American  

[uhn-ek-sper-gey-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. )

Example Sentences

We read with our kids every night when they were growing up — Narnia, yes, but also “Huckleberry Finn,” unexpurgated, and never discouraged them from reading anything on their own.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

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

So, when an unexpurgated version of the report by the senior civil servant Sue Gray is published, after the police investigation has concluded, this could provide a focus for more public anger, he argues.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2022

Stewart could not help smiling, for, in that Babel of tongues, he distinguished a lot of unexpurgated American!

From The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade by Stevenson, Burton Egbert