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prescratched

prescratched adjective: having an undesirable scratch or scratches at the time of acquisition.

Adjective

prescratched (comparative more prescratched, superlative most prescratched)

  1. Having an undesirable scratch or scratches at the time of acquisition.
    • Buy your furniture and appliances prescratched. Scratch-and-dent can save you plenty, especially when you bargain down the price even more.2002, Stacy Johnson, Life or Debt: A One-Week Plan for a Lifetime of Financial Freedom, Ballantine Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 118

Forms of prescratched

comparativemore prescratched
superlativemost prescratched

Origin of prescratched

From pre- + scratched.

Questions about prescratched

What does prescratched mean?
Prescratched means having an undesirable scratch or scratches at the time of acquisition.
What part of speech is prescratched?
Prescratched is an adjective.

Words near prescratched in the dictionary

  1. Prescot
  2. Prescott
  3. Prescott Valley
  4. Prescottian
  5. Prescotts
  6. prescratched
  7. prescreen
  8. prescreened
  9. prescreening
  10. prescreenings
  11. prescreens

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