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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Example Sentences
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As for the image itself, Fischer quotes an artist and Lincoln historian describing the 49-year-old candidate’s “leathery appearance,” untrimmed hair and cock-eyed necktie.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023
These "actions" included his outfit choices and untrimmed toenails.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2021
He at times resembled a 19th-century rustic, with untrimmed beard and ragged hair.
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2018
They included a 2012 incident in Whittier that caused a fatality after a power line broke, allegedly because of an untrimmed tree.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2014
Compared to Chi-Boy’s six-plus feet, I wasn’t the tallest, but I did have the longest hair of any of the boys, almost to my waist, burnt ombré at the untrimmed edges.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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