uncut

uncut
uncut (adj.) early 15c., "not gashed or wounded," from UN- (Cf. un-) (1) "not" + pp. of CUT (Cf. cut) (v.). Of books, "not having the leaves slit open" it is recorded from 1828; of plays, etc., "without excisions," it is attested from 1896.

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