Meaning & use
unexpurgated
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Complete and unabridged; not having had objectionable or sensitive material removed.
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The publisher finally released the unexpurgated edition of the diary, restoring passages cut decades ago.
Scholars prefer the unexpurgated text for research, since earlier versions had been heavily censored.
A note on using this word
Comes from 'expurgate,' meaning to remove offensive material from a text before publication.
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