untaxed

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adjective

Not subject to being taxed.

“Bootleggers make good money selling untaxed cigarettes, until they are caught.”

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Meanings

adjectiveuntaxed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot subject to being taxed.

    During August, clothes costing less than $75 are untaxed, to try to help the poor to buy clothes and the merchants to make money.

    1 more example

    If your income qualifies you to contribute to a Roth IRA, you can contribute up to $7,000 this year ($8,000 if you’re at least 50) with after-tax savings. That money will grow untaxed until retirement, at which point your withdrawals will be tax-free and penalty-free after age 59-1/2, assuming the account has been open for at least five years.

    2024 March 15, Jeanne Sahadi, “The average tax refund is over $3,000. Here are 7 ways to put it to good use”, in CNN
  2. not comparableNot having had the required taxes paid on it.

    Bootleggers make good money selling untaxed cigarettes, until they are caught.

  3. not comparableNot tired or strained, working well within capacity.

    The motor was untaxed by the steep hill because the vehicle was so lightly loaded.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of goods or funds) not taxed

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. Englishtaxed
  9. Englishuntaxed

From un- + taxed.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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