untrimmed

[ uhn-trimd ]

/ ʌnˈtrɪmd /

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adjective

not trimmed.

Also uncut. Bookbinding. (of gathered sections of a book) having the bolts untrimmed by a guillotine or plow.

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Origin of untrimmed

First recorded in 1525–35; un-¹ + trim + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM untrimmed

un·trimmed·ness, noun

Words nearby untrimmed

untraveled, untravelled, untread, untreated, untried, untrimmed, untrod, untroubled, untrue, untruss, untrustworthy

How to use untrimmed in a sentence

They went silently through the untrimmed garden, full of the pale-coloured flowers of spring.
Ruth|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
I thought of the ferocious Ercole with a long, untrimmed beard and unkempt hair falling over his face.
The Making of a Saint|William Somerset Maugham
His untrimmed beard, his bent head with its leonine mane of iron-gray hair, lent him an almost patriarchal look.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
The walls are built of untrimmed bare stones, but the crevices are stopped with earth to keep out the wind.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin

The hind leg, or untrimmed ham, just as it is cut from the carcass, is shown in Fig. 20.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences