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How to pronounce unexpurgated

American English pronunciation

un-EK-spur-gay-tid

IPA
/ʌnˈɛkspɚˌɡeɪtɪd/
Syllables
un · EK · spur · gay · tid (5 syllables, stress on the 2nd)

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What unexpurgated means

adjective

Printed in full, with nothing rude cut out

In a sentence: The library kept the unexpurgated diary, with every grumpy word left in.

Where it comes from: It's un- plus expurgated, from a Latin word meaning "to clean out."

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