uncircumcised
adjective
un·cir·cum·cised
ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd 
1
: not circumcised
2
: spiritually impure : heathen
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But many boys and their parents don’t know that being uncircumcised requires extra attention in the hygiene department.
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN,
3 Dec. 2024
The bodies of uncircumcised men can be violated before burial.
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Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Aug. 2024
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.
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Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2021
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.
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Veronique Greenwood,
Discover Magazine,
12 Dec. 2011
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN,
3 Dec. 2024
The bodies of uncircumcised men can be violated before burial.
—
Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Aug. 2024
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
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
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uncircumcised
adjective
un·cir·cum·cised
ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd, ˈən-ˌ
: not circumcised
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