unmanipulated

adjective

un·​ma·​nip·​u·​lat·​ed ˌən-mə-ˈni-pyə-ˌlā-təd How to pronounce unmanipulated (audio)
: not manipulated
especially : not altered misleadingly or for a particular purpose
an unmanipulated photograph
unmanipulated data

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But shockingly, prairie voles that lacked the oxytocin receptor altogether actually formed preferences for mates as readily as their genetically unmanipulated siblings. Steven Phelps, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2023 State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday in Washington that the United States does not expect China to allow the access Bachelet would need to get an unmanipulated view of the human rights situation in Xinjiang. Ken Moritsugu, ajc, 25 May 2022 Kardashian responded to all the hoopla by sharing unmanipulated video and a photo of her body and explained that constant scrutiny and criticism of her has been damaging. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 Apr. 2021 On the other hand, that wine rhetoric, pioneered in natural-wine circles, yet infiltrating the mainstream, already contains the key elements that make hard seltzer appealing to the masses, purporting to be pure, unmanipulated, better for you. Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 16 Jan. 2020 Some of the pictures are straightforward and unmanipulated, while others are arranged into intricate arrays. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2019 Some of the pictures are straightforward and unmanipulated, while others are arranged into intricate arrays. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2019 Alaska has now, and will have then the greatest expanses of unbuilt, virtually unmanipulated land in the U.S. Steve Haycox, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 Nov. 2017 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unmanipulated was in 1881

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Cite this Entry

“Unmanipulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmanipulated. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

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