unpackagedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpakɪdʒd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpækɪdʒd/ Not packaged, esp. (of a product) without packaging.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > merchandise packaging > without packaging
unbarrelled1482
in bulk1678
unpackaged1910
unwrapped1921
unbundled1973
1910 Printers' Ink 7 July 63/1 The little man with the bulging brow..could feel perfectly free to go around any old corner, into any old kind of a store and buy unpackaged oatmeal from a bin beneath the counter.
1948 A. N. Keith Three came Home xi. 199 100 cigarettes, unpackaged and unlabelled.
1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Feb. 148/1 Here is a manual for the unpackaged, mildly enterprising and tolerably well-heeled holidaymakers.
2010 Capricorn Coast (Queensland) Mirror (Nexis) 6 Jan. 1 Buy fresh, unpackaged food as opposed to pre-packaged food which can be full of preservatives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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