unabridged
adjective
un·abridged
ˌən-ə-ˈbrijd 
1
: not abridged : complete
an unabridged reprint of a novel
2
: being the most complete of its class : not based on one larger
an unabridged dictionary
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an unabridged reprint of a novel
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Leveraging social media-style technologies within corporations can enhance employee engagement and provide unabridged authentic feedback, which can be analyzed with AI to gain valuable insights into employee needs.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Yet many cookbooks are devoted to unabridged endgames.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 3 Sep. 2024
The unabridged Taiwanese edition of Gao’s essays is sometimes shared among readers as a PDF, but some mainland readers have trouble with the standard Chinese characters that are used on the island.
—Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
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unabridged
adjective
un·abridged
ˌən-ə-ˈbrijd
1
: not abridged : complete
an unabridged reprint of a novel
2
: complete of its class : not based on one larger
an unabridged dictionary
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