unindentedadj.
1. Not marked with indentations.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > without notches or indentations
unnicked?c1480
unjagged1640
unnotched1741
unindented1750
entire1758
unsawed1786
linear1796
toothless1812
unserrated1840
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 133 Two unindented Seams crossing one another at Right Angles.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. v. 86 The rest of the countenance was perfectly smooth and unindented.
1863 J. Tyndall Heat v. 160 The border finally becomes unindented.
2. Of type: Set up without indention.
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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > composed type > [adjective] > flush or not indented
flush1900
unindented1903
1903 Athenæum 17 Jan. 78/2 Printed either in fourteen unindented lines, or with only the final couplet indented.
3. Not indentured.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [adjective] > apprenticed > not
unbound1497
unapprenticed1809
unindented1881
1881 R. L. Stevenson Not I & Other Poems (1898) 7 The pamphlet..Was planned and printed by A printer unindented.
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