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unbutchered

unbutchered adjective: not butchered.

Adjective

unbutchered (not comparable)

  1. Not butchered.
    • If a carcass remains unbutchered for more than two days the accumulated gases can cause it to explode and spray decomposed entrails over a wide area.1971, George L. Small, The blue whale

Origin of unbutchered

From un- + butchered.

Questions about unbutchered

What does unbutchered mean?
Unbutchered means not butchered.
What part of speech is unbutchered?
Unbutchered is an adjective.

Words near unbutchered in the dictionary

  1. unbusty
  2. unbusy
  3. unbusying
  4. unbusyness
  5. unbutch
  6. unbutchered
  7. unbutcherlike
  8. unbuttered
  9. unbutton
  10. unbuttonable
  11. unbuttoned

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