unretouchedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnriːˈtʌtʃt/, U.S. /ˌənriˈtətʃt/ That has not been retouched (in various senses of retouch v.); esp. (of a photograph, etc.) not improved or modified by retouching (cf. retouched adj. 1).
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > not
incorrect1435
unremedied1469
unamended1525
unredeemed1526
uncured1548
unretouched1856
1856 N.-Y. Daily Times 9 Jan. 3/3 (advt.) A gold medal for unretouched Photographs, and a gold medal for Photographs finished in pastel and oil.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 218 Possibly we have a survival of some lines' length, not unretouched by Fletcher.
1914 Bull. Photogr. 24 June 774/1 We know by experience how different the finished copies will appear than the light rough proof from an unretouched negative.
1968 Y. Malkiel Ess. Ling. Themes v. 79 An ancient provincial ‘scripta’ is far from representing a faithful, unretouched record of local speech.
1991 Antiquity 65 900/1 Large, simple, unretouched flakes or choppers on strictly locally available quartzite (and milk quartz).
2004 M. Blyth Spin Sisters iv. 82 The story and the revealing, unretouched photos were all her idea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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