untransformed
adjective
un·trans·formed
ˌən-tran(t)s-ˈfȯrmd 
: not changed in form : not transformed
untransformed cells
… six years later the nearest boroughs of the city … remain untransformed by the project's impact.—
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For years, her identity — as an artist and a survivor — has been intimately bound up in Ruben’s, and their lengthy time apart will leave neither of them untransformed.
—Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
Transformative policies are not likely to emerge from an untransformed process.
—Jim Lardner, The New Yorker, 31 July 2020
Our results show that inhibiting DNA damage signaling can improve the efficiency of precision genome editing in normal, untransformed cells.
—Sharon Begley, STAT, 19 June 2018
Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
Transformative policies are not likely to emerge from an untransformed process.
—Jim Lardner, The New Yorker, 31 July 2020
Our results show that inhibiting DNA damage signaling can improve the efficiency of precision genome editing in normal, untransformed cells.
—Sharon Begley, STAT, 19 June 2018
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untransformed
adjective
un·trans·formed
-tran(t)s-ˈfȯrmd
: not transformed
specifically
: not having undergone genetic transformation
untransformed cells
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