unedited

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adjective

Not having been altered from the original version; not edited.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveunedited (not comparable)

alternative dated inedited

  1. not comparableNot having been altered from the original version; not edited.

    That’s what prompted new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to send a “letter of inquiry” to CBS, asking the network to hand over the unedited tapes and transcript.

    2025 February 3, Brian Stelter, “The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags”, in CNN
    1 more example

    The sources the citations are drawn from are significant, being printed books or newspapers subject to editorial processes and gatekeepers of language standards, as opposed to unedited texts such as blogs, chatroom logs or student writing.

    2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302

    Synonyms: nonedited · Antonyms: edited

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot having been altered from the original version; not edited.

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adjectivenot changed by editing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishedited
  9. Englishunedited

From un- + edited.

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APA

unedited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unedited

MLA

“unedited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unedited. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unedited,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unedited.

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