unexpurgated

adjective

un·​ex·​pur·​gat·​ed ˌən-ˈek-spər-ˌgā-təd How to pronounce unexpurgated (audio)
: not having potentially offensive or otherwise objectionable parts removed : not expurgated
an unexpurgated edition

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The gene pool of the muted Black and unexpurgated white. Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025 Summerall’s book is packed with these sorts of disclosures, and his decision to open the kimono—a phrase that undoubtedly is off-limits in and around Amen Corner—on Augusta’s restrictions gave fans an unexpurgated look behind the scenes of sports’ most unconventional broadcast arrangement. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Apr. 2025 The unexpurgated soundtrack will be available as a limited-edition, double-vinyl set, as well as digitally with a Dolby Atmos mix by guitarist Jerry Harrison and E.T. Thorngren, who mixed the original album. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2023 McSweeney’s unexpurgated speech is available on the BAFTA YouTube channel. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 15 May 2023 There had been no legal publication in the UK until the 1959 Obscene Publications Act, which made literary merit a defense against charges of obscenity, emboldened Penguin to issue an inexpensive, unexpurgated paperback. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 Nov. 2021 Sturgis quotes extensively from the unexpurgated trial transcript, first published in 2003, by Wilde’s grandson, the scholar Merlin Holland. The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 By using the unexpurgated versions of Mao’s orders contained in the provincial archives, Dikotter traces the blame for these outrages directly to Mao. Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unexpurgated was in 1882

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“Unexpurgated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexpurgated. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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