unpunctuatedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpʌŋ(k)tʃᵿeɪtᵻd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃəˌweɪdᵻd/ Not punctuated; without punctuation.
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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [adjective] > not marked or divided with stops
unpunctuated1790
stopless1903
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adjective] > in written mode > not punctuated
unpointed1581
unpunctuated1790
1790 Brit. Critic Mar. 315 The Chrestomathia, in which the selections are equally remarkable for their variety and importance, consist from p. 32-89 of punctuated, and from p. 112 of unpunctuated passages.
1860 W. James Let. 12 Aug. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 196 Alice must be locked up alone..to write a letter, unassisted, uncorrected and unpunctuated, to her loving brothers.
1866 H. B. Stowe Little Foxes 46 That little unpunctuated scrap of life's poetry.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 261 His usual slow, unpunctuated direction of speech.
1905 Printers' Ink 15 Nov. 34/2 A new book by A. M. Smith..gives not only rules for punctuation, but twenty-five exercises of unpunctuated matter for practice.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Feb. c2/5 Partly that's because of his delivery: an unpunctuated, unblinking stream of literary machoness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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