Uncut means not shortened or edited. The uncut version, uncut footage, uncut by the censor.
Of a film it means released without cuts for length or content, and uncut versions are sold as a selling point. Of a book it once meant the pages were still joined at the fold and had to be opened with a knife — an uncut copy is a collector's term meaning untouched. Of a gem it means not yet shaped. Note uncut diamond; and that uncut drugs means not diluted.
1adjectiveuncutNot shortened or edited.
“The director's uncut version of the film is much longer than the one shown in cinemas.”
2adjectiveshapedNot shaped, of a gem.
“The uncut diamond looked like a dull piece of glass.”
uncut is a state of being unedited.
Middle English unkut is un- plus cut. The verb cut appears only in Middle English with no clear Old English ancestor, which is odd for so basic a word.
Middle English
unkut
English, today
uncut
From Middle English unkut, uncutte, unkyt, unkutt, equivalent to un- + cut.
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