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uncrossed

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Etymology

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    From un- + crossed.

    Adjective

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    uncrossed (not comparable)

    1. Not crossed (in various senses).
      • 2004, The Rough Guide to the USA, page 1061:
        The northeast corner has coal mines, old railroad towns and, along the Wyoming border, the Uinta Mountains, uncrossed by road and showing hardly a sign of civilization.
      • 2011, E. P. Ellinger, E. Lomnicka, C. Hare, Ellinger's Modern Banking Law, page 414:
        Where an uncrossed cheque, or a cheque crossed generally, is sent to a bank for collection, that bank may add a special crossing in favour of itself.

    Verb

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    uncrossed

    1. simple past and past participle of uncross