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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Untrimmed trees and improper procedures for testing equipment have caused widespread power failures in recent years.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2013
I. Something lies in the room Over against my own; The windows are lit with a ghastly bloom Of candles, burning alone,–– Untrimmed, and all aflare In the ghastly silence there!
From Poems by Howells, William Dean
So let thy tresses, flaring in the wind, Untrimmed hang about thy bared neck.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
Untrimmed beards, torn coats, disordered hair, pale faces, pride glistening in every eye.
From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Hugo, Victor
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