Example sentences for: unabridged

How can you use “unabridged” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • L 's set of symbols is somewhat closer to that of the International Phonetic Alphabet; W follows the system used in the Third Unabridged , which is too complicated for my taste, being replete with diacritics.

  • It was I who proposed the original title for the series of dictionaries published from 1966 onwards: The Random House Dictionary of the English Language - Unabridged Edition, College Edition, School Edition , and any other subtitles that might come along.

  • I checked in the RHD Unabridged and found that definition.

  • Those wishing to supplement their aging Webster's Third New International (Merriam, 1961) and unwilling to spend about thirty dollars more for the recent editions of the Random House Unabridged or World Book Dictionary would be very well served by the TBDNE . It should be noted, however, that the TBDNE , in including the work of its predecessors, represents a departure from their approach.

  • At the time of publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961), commonly referred to as Webster's Third (but in these pages, for the sake of brevity, as MW3 or MWIII ), I was director of the reference department of Random House, preparing what was later to be published as The Random House Dictionary of the English Dictionary - Unabridged Edition . It was therefore entirely inappropriate for me to comment on either the MWIII itself or the furor raised by its critics and supporters.


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