unmincedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɪnst/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɪnst/ Not minced (in various senses); that has not been cut up or ground into very small pieces; (of speech, words, etc.) direct, unaffected, blunt.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > straightforward or frank
right fortha1382
plaina1393
free-hearteda1398
round1487
opena1535
sincere1539
frank1555
pert1567
single-hearted1574
single-minded1577
direct1586
open-hearted1593
open-breasted1594
transparent1600
unclose1606
unminced1648
even down1654
unreserved1654
rugged1678
plain sailing1707
whole-footed1744
sturdy1775
heart-in-mouth1827
jannock1828
straightforward1829
direct-dealing1830
undiplomatic1834
straight-ahead1836
straight-up-and-down1859
man to man1902
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] > frank, candid
free-hearteda1398
plain-dealing1567
plain-spoken1582
broad1588
free-spoken1606
free1611
unminced1648
unreserved1654
candid1675
above boarda1695
unmanaged1749
unprevaricating?1782
plain-speaking1787
loud-mouthing1788
bluff1808
outspoken1808
unglossing1827
straightforward1829
unwithholdinga1834
open-spoken1852
heart-to-heart1855
blunt-spoken1877
straight1894
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongekapt, whole, Vnchopt, or Vnminced.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unminced, not minced.
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 42 Whether it be in its minced or unminced state that the mass presents itself, [etc.].
1855 Peterson's Mag. Jan. 73/2 Jenny knows that her father expressed his wish—or, in unminced terms—asked Henry to marry her.
1907 J. Colville in Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps 1737–9 250 In England collops are frequently used unminced.
1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing xiii. 140 It would be interesting to find out what these unminced words were.
2010 J. Rosenblum Food & Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism ii. 89 A Jew can eat unminced fish and brine with fish floating in it.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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