Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Lacking perforations.
  • adjective Imperforate. Used of a postage stamp.

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  • adjective Not perforated.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ perforated

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Examples

  • Some counties recorded unperforated punch ballots as votes while others designated them as nonvotes.

    Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

  • It was shot to pieces, with no window or door or panel unperforated, no tire inflated, on top of a puddle of leaking internal fluids and a spew of glass frags and twisted metal shrapnel.

    Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

  • Some counties recorded unperforated punch ballots as votes while others designated them as nonvotes.

    Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

  • It was shot to pieces, with no window or door or panel unperforated, no tire inflated, on top of a puddle of leaking internal fluids and a spew of glass frags and twisted metal shrapnel.

    Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

  • Figs should be stored in unperforated plastic bags.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • I did so without protest, leaving Mrs. Martin indignantly unperforated.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • Figs should be stored in unperforated plastic bags.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Figs should be stored in unperforated plastic bags.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Figs should be stored in unperforated plastic bags.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • I don't think I've been denying anyone the right to bear arms in this country, but I can promise you that if anyone tries to harm me in my apartment, I'll deny them the right to bear an unperforated lung.

    American Coastopia! 2004

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