uncircumcised
adjective
un·cir·cum·cised
ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd 
1
: not circumcised
2
: spiritually impure : heathen
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That said, following proper care and hygiene practices for uncircumcised penises can mitigate these risks.
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Jenni Singer, Parents, 19 July 2023
Do people prefer uncircumcised penises?
—Meagan Drillinger, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
His work hypothesized that London’s circumcised Jewish population was less vulnerable to venereal disease than their uncircumcised neighbors.
—Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2022
Caused by defective blood clotting factors, the disease has been with us since at least the second century , when a rabbi gave mothers whose first two sons had bled to death from circumcision wounds permission to leave the third sons uncircumcised.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2011
Some Jewish scholars thought that uncircumcised men would prove too irresistible for Jewish women, and that men without a foreskin would not be led into constant temptation.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
One of my male patients was mocked for being uncircumcised.
—Ian Kerner, CNN, 19 July 2021
An interim analysis of STEP found that uncircumcised men who had been naturally infected with Ad5 before receiving the vaccine became especially vulnerable to the AIDS virus.
—Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 19 Oct. 2020
An uncircumcised infant’s foreskin is naturally tight, but will relax as the child grows.
—Susan Reslewic Keatley, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
Jenni Singer, Parents, 19 July 2023
Do people prefer uncircumcised penises?
—Meagan Drillinger, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
His work hypothesized that London’s circumcised Jewish population was less vulnerable to venereal disease than their uncircumcised neighbors.
—Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2022
Caused by defective blood clotting factors, the disease has been with us since at least the second century , when a rabbi gave mothers whose first two sons had bled to death from circumcision wounds permission to leave the third sons uncircumcised.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2011
Some Jewish scholars thought that uncircumcised men would prove too irresistible for Jewish women, and that men without a foreskin would not be led into constant temptation.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
One of my male patients was mocked for being uncircumcised.
—Ian Kerner, CNN, 19 July 2021
An interim analysis of STEP found that uncircumcised men who had been naturally infected with Ad5 before receiving the vaccine became especially vulnerable to the AIDS virus.
—Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 19 Oct. 2020
An uncircumcised infant’s foreskin is naturally tight, but will relax as the child grows.
—Susan Reslewic Keatley, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
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uncircumcised
adjective
un·cir·cum·cised
ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd, ˈən-ˌ
: not circumcised
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