unneuteredadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈnjuːtəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈn(j)udərd/ Not neutered.
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1957 Illus. London News 31 Aug. 350/3 The question is whether a tom-cat, unneutered, would be liable to wander as far as a mile from home habitually, or even occasionally, at night.
1962 G. Butler Coffin in Oxf. ii. 38 The undying burning hate of one un-neutered tom for another.
1971 National Geographic May 735/2 The Seigneur [of Sark]..exercises the right to keep the Island's only ‘unneutered’ bitch.
2000 Petcare Jan. 4/1 Like tom-cats, unneutered rabbits tend to spray urine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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