Meaning & use

uncut

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Not cut, trimmed, or edited; also used for a film released without censorship and for drugs not diluted with other substances.

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The director's uncut version of the film restores nearly forty minutes of footage.

The gardener let the hedges grow uncut for most of the summer.

A note on using this word

Has distinct senses across film (uncensored edition), plants and hair (untrimmed), and street drug slang (undiluted).

Words with a similar meaning

unediteduntrimmed

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Words with an opposite meaning

cutedited

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