unexpurgated

[ uhn-ek-sper-gey-tid ]

adjective

1. (of written, filmed, or audio material) containing the original contents in their entirety; uncensored:

   an album of unexpurgated songs from an early studio recording.

unexpurgated

/ ʌnˈɛkspəˌɡeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. (of a book, text, etc) not amended or censored by removing potentially offensive material

Word History and Origins

Origin of unexpurgated¹

First recorded in 1880–85; un- ¹( def ) + expurgated ( def )

Example Sentences

Or the full-on, unhinged, unexpurgated Trump who believes facts can be shaped like pottery, reality is what he claims it to be, and no insult is too low to fling at his opponent?

From Los Angeles Times

We read with our kids every night when they were growing up — Narnia, yes, but also “Huckleberry Finn,” unexpurgated, and never discouraged them from reading anything on their own.

From Los Angeles Times

The manifesto is updated in “The Seagull/Woodstock, NY” to advocate unexpurgated freedom of expression on the stage, including the use of racial epithets we don’t speak and private acts we tend not to advertise.

From Washington Post

We’ll have to hope that some later, more enlightened generation will rectify our mistake, step off the euphemism treadmill and confront literary history in all its messy, unexpurgated glory.

From Washington Post

A new, unexpurgated and essential edition of Kafka’s diaries has finally been published in English, more than three decades after this complete text appeared in German.

From New York Times