as in crude
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining
unprocessed foods that still have much of their original flavor
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Recent Examples of unprocessed
While unprocessed steel, aluminum and copper will still be tariffed at 50%, products made with those metals will be tariffed between 10% and 25%.
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Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
By contrast, whole, unprocessed cuts of meat provide nutrients such as protein, iron, zinc, B vitamins, and choline, Yassine says.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Mar. 2026
While unprocessed fuel remains dangerous for approximately 100,000 years, partitioning and recycling via ADS can reduce that window to just 300 years.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
The record, 43-day government shutdown last fall furloughed IRS employees who had been working through that list of unprocessed items, and also affected the agency’s hiring plans.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
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Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
By contrast, whole, unprocessed cuts of meat provide nutrients such as protein, iron, zinc, B vitamins, and choline, Yassine says.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Mar. 2026
While unprocessed fuel remains dangerous for approximately 100,000 years, partitioning and recycling via ADS can reduce that window to just 300 years.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
The record, 43-day government shutdown last fall furloughed IRS employees who had been working through that list of unprocessed items, and also affected the agency’s hiring plans.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprocessed
Adjective
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Beyond the physical destruction, the Great War, as it was then known, destroyed a world where many people believed in progress and gradual advance and replaced it with a cynical and desperate world, in which nations and ideologies were natural and necessary enemies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Eco effort Guests rarely need air conditioning thanks to the building’s passive design, which captures heat in the atrium and redistributes it through internal channels, creating natural heating and cooling from day to night.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Cats become infected by eating raw meat, birds, mice or contaminated soil, and only cats that are actively shedding parasites in their stool can spread it.—
Dr. Megan Yanny,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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Now, his family is suing the restaurant chain, as well as the manufacturer that supplied the raw ground beef kofta.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Ye, who has apologised for past remarks and said they were linked to untreated bipolar disorder, has continued to perform in countries that have welcomed him, and is due to hold a concert in Istanbul later on Saturday.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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While untreated cockroaches tended to stay in sections containing food, cyborg cockroaches equipped with the ISC platform were able to continue navigating through the entire maze, demonstrating the system’s ability to guide movement without overriding the insects’ natural behavior.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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“Unprocessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprocessed. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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