untrimmed

[uhn-trimd]

adjective

1. not trimmed.

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

Other Word Forms

• untrimmedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of untrimmed¹

First recorded in 1525–35; un- ¹ + trim ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

They gathered regardless on Wednesday, with one woman wearing a green wreath on her head and holding a sign depicting a full, untrimmed tree under the words “Never Forget.”

From Seattle Times

An untrimmed beef tenderloin costs a lot less than one that comes peeled and tied.

From Seattle Times

The spokesman is a teenager with wildly untrimmed curly hair; he looks like a gamer on his way to an Art Garfunkel look-alike contest.

From New York Times

These "actions" included his outfit choices and untrimmed toenails.

From Salon

Many were emaciated, with unkempt manes and untrimmed hooves, she said, and they often had parasites.

From Seattle Times