unretouched

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adjective

That has not been retouched.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveunretouched (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat has not been retouched.

    One of the shoes in the unretouched photograph above cost $45 a pair! The other costs just $6.60 a pair in any Regal Shoe Store!

    1942 December 14, LIFE, page 100

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. Englishretouched
  9. Englishunretouched

From un- + retouched.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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