unabbreviated

unabbreviated — adjective

  • unabbreviatedpositive
  • more unabbreviatedcomparative
  • most unabbreviatedsuperlative

1. written or spoken in its full form, with no letters, words, or parts removed or

1.形容詞C1
釋義

written or spoken in its full form, with no letters, words, or parts removed or shortened

例句

Professor Okonkwo asked his students to write the unabbreviated form of each Latin abbreviation.

attributive: unabbreviated + noun (form, name, version)

The hospital directory listed the unabbreviated names of all doctors on the morning shift.

同義詞
  • full

    broader meaning; can refer to any complete version, not specifically about abbreviations

  • complete

    general sense of wholeness; less specific to the shortening of individual words

  • unabridged

    refers to an entire text or book, not a single word or name

反義詞
  • abbreviated

    direct opposite; letters or words have been removed to shorten the form

  • shortened

    more general; made shorter by any method

文法句型

unabbreviated + noun (attributive)

be + unabbreviated (predicative)

用法筆記

Common in formal, written contexts where precision matters — legal documents, tax forms, academic citations, and official records. The attributive position (unabbreviated + noun) is far more frequent than the predicative (the form is unabbreviated).

常見錯誤

❌The professor asked for an unabbreviation of the acronym.
✅The professor asked for the unabbreviated form of the acronym.
💡'unabbreviated' is an adjective; 'unabbreviation' is not a standard English noun.
❌Please write your name unabbreviated on the form.
✅Please write your name in its unabbreviated form on the form.
💡The adjective needs a noun to modify; it cannot stand alone as an adverb.