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unbandaged

unbandaged

3.7
A cut or other injury that has no cloth to cover it
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbændɪdʒd/
translation icon : sin vendaje
  • She winced as she looked at his unbandaged foot, still swollen from the injury.

Examples

  • "He held out his left, unbandaged hand, and Grim met it with his right hand.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The wound on his stomach has been unbandaged.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Prissy was sitting up, supporting herself with her unbandaged arm.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • She nodded and began to push away from the heavy oak table, her hand stained orange with disinfectant but unbandaged, gaping.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • What she dreaded seeing was his unbandaged face, the one into which she had flung a frying pan full of searing-hot bacon grease.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • His unbandaged arm was exposed to the chilly air.

  • The doctor advised that the wound should remain unbandaged to promote healing.

Synonyms

unredressed
vsunbandaged
9.9

Left without treatment after a cut or other injury

is specifically lacking a medical covering over the injury
unwrapped
vsunbandaged
1.0

Not covered by paper or plastic

is about medical wound exposure rather than general packaging

Antonyms

bandaged
2.5

Wrapped with cloth to protect a cut or other injury

How Covered

covered
1 1.0
wrapped
1.0
bandaged
2.5
unbandaged
3.7
bare
217 2.2

Surface Forms

unbandaged positive

Morphology

unbandaged = bandaged (transparent) = un + bandage + ed

Formed by negation 'un-' applied to the participial/adjectival 'bandaged', producing the simple negative meaning 'not covered with a bandage'.

Etymology

The word unbandaged breaks into un- meaning 'not' and bandage, which comes from a word for 'to bind' and is like a 'band' you wrap around a cut. So unbandaged simply means 'not wrapped with a bandage', which explains why we use it for a wound left open to heal.