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UK
/ˌʌnɐbɹˈɪdʒd/
]
[ US /ˌənəˈbɹɪdʒd/ ]
[ US /ˌənəˈbɹɪdʒd/ ]
NOUN
- a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary
ADJECTIVE
-
(used of texts) not shortened
an unabridged novel
How To Use unabridged In A Sentence
- She also subscribes to the talking book service run by the Royal National Institute of the Blind, where she can get complete, unabridged novels on audio tape.
- It used to be that an unabridged dictionary and an encyclopedia would be kept accessible in middle-class homes, for settling questions of language or fact.
- Again, the unabridged dictionary gives "sinewy" as its first definition of "nervous. The Human Brain
- So, for Tim's peace of mind and history's record, here's the Diarist's excerpt in its unabridged entirety.
- I have to admit that my heart sank when we learnt that the Marionettentheater's version of Mozart's Magic Flute was complete, unabridged, entirely in German and would last 21/2 hours - but we needn't have worried.
- You can also try reading the whole unabridged book here, but I bet you don't make it even a quarter of the way to the end of the first chapter.
- As a rule of thumb, most unabridged books will require at least eight cassettes at minimum, with very long ones like Peter the Great taking up to forty or more.
- Four plastic cassettes I assumed were the unabridged Eileen. LEGAL TENDER
- The message in the newspaper is unabridged.
- Among the gladdest tidings of the season: the re-appearance of two classics by E.B. White, recorded unabridged, decades ago. The New Oral Tradition