prescratched

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adjective

Having an undesirable scratch or scratches at the time of acquisition.

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Meanings

adjectiveprescratched (comparative more prescratched, superlative most prescratched)

comparative more prescratched · superlative most prescratched

  1. Having an undesirable scratch or scratches at the time of acquisition.

    Buy your furniture and appliances prescratched. Scratch-and-dent can save you plenty, especially when you bargain down the price even more.

    2002, Stacy Johnson, Life or Debt: A One-Week Plan for a Lifetime of Financial Freedom, Ballantine Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 118

Origin

From pre- + scratched.

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Cite this entry
APA

prescratched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescratched

MLA

“prescratched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescratched. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prescratched,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescratched.

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