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unabridged [uhn-uh-brijd] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unabridged on Thesaurus.com adjective
- not abridged or shortened, as a book.
noun
- a dictionary that has not been reduced in size by omission of terms or definitions; the most comprehensive edition of a given dictionary.
Origin of unabridged 1590–1600; un-1 + abridged Synonyms for unabridged See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com 1. entire, complete, uncut, uncondensed. Related Words for unabridged entire, total, whole, complete, intact, unabbreviated, uncut, unexpurgated, full-length, uncondensed Examples from the Web for unabridged Contemporary Examples of unabridged
The Great Invisible is something of a marvel—a balanced, unabridged portrait of life before and after the BP disaster.
Deepwater Horizon: Life Drowning in Oil
Samuel Fragoso
November 2, 2014
Still waiting for Audible to release the unabridged versions of The Fugitive and Time Regained.
Proustblogging: It’s in Style!
David Frum
October 4, 2012
A Mercury-Jupiter merger urges you to put your boldest, unabridged ideas out there, and watch them catch like wildfire.
Starsky + Cox
April 9, 2011
I cannot find “hedra” in my unabridged dictionary, and yet somehow the name teases me.
Marlow Stern
February 3, 2011
Historical Examples of unabridged
Another luxury of the hill-farmer is unabridged hospitality.
Lippincott’s Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878
Various
A good edition should be a complete edition, ungarbled and unabridged.’
P. B. M. Allan
Ling told the story, unabridged, as they mounted toward the house.
The Best Short Stories of 1917
Various
A good edition should be a complete edition, ungarbled and unabridged.
Arthur L. Humphreys
To do so would be like reading the unabridged dictionary aloud.
Nina Wilcox Putnam
British Dictionary definitions for unabridged unabridged adjective
- (of a book, speech, etc) not reduced in length by condensing
Word Origin and History for unabridged adj.
1590s, from un- (1) “not” + past participle of abridge. Since 19c. chiefly in reference to literary works.