Meanings
unhedged1
adjectiveunhedged (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout a hedge.
An Engliand still unhedged, with great forests alive with game, and wide marshes thick with wild-fowl.
1951, Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time, page 381 more example
After splashing mile after mile along straight, unhedged roads, between stretches of sodden heather […]
1890, Rudyard Kipling, The Mark of the Beast - not comparablebusinessNot hedged; not offset or counterbalanced.
A hedge fund is supposed to hedge against market movements by unhedged instruments.
2007 August 26, Ben Stein, “Avoid the Craziness and No One Gets Hurt”, in New York Times
unhedged2
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unhedge
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishhedged
- Englishunhedged
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APA
unhedged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhedged
MLA
“unhedged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhedged. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unhedged,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhedged.
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