Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no cover or protection.
- adjective Lacking the protection of insurance or collateral security.
- adjective Bareheaded.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not provided with a cover or covering; having no covering; bare; naked; especially, having no covering on the head.
- Not included, embraced, or comprehended.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
covered orprotected from theweather etc - adjective
lacking insurance orsecurity - adjective
bareheaded
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not covered with clothing
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Examples
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Another name uncovered by the hackers was that of Bill Noble, who in 2008 was convicted in B.C. of wilfully promoting hatred.
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Afzal Nooristani, an Afghan defense lawyer, said he does not believe her decision to leave her head uncovered is an issue.
American former beauty queen defending foreigners stuck in Afghan legal system Ernesto Londoño 2010
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When people are walking into poles and falling in uncovered manholes as well as being hit by cars while they are crossing the street and texting, who in their right mind would want to allow anyone to drive a car and text?
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What Luntz has uncovered is a weird lacuna in the psychological response to certain common words — an interesting fact, but the very reverse of insight into what people really want.
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We will continue to ration it in the future, but differently, and anyone who thinks the total number of mammorgrams will increase to cover the previously uncovered is being unrealistic.
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What Luntz has uncovered is a weird lacuna in the psychological response to certain common words — an interesting fact, but the very reverse of insight into what people really want.
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There was no larger context for their threshold figure: A debtor with $1,001 in uncovered medical expenses and $50,000 on a Saks card would constitute a "medical bankruptcy" in their study.
In Elizabeth Warren We Trust? Todd Zywicki 2010
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Afzal Nooristani, an Afghan defense lawyer, said he does not believe her decision to leave her head uncovered is an issue.
American former beauty queen defending foreigners stuck in Afghan legal system Ernesto Londoño 2010
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Besides making hospitals turn in uncovered people to the HHA or HAPI, the plan does the following:
Wonk Room » What Does Specter’s Switch Mean For Health Care Reform? 2009
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Western art developed in the Renaissance because of new knowledge, that uncovered from the ancients, and physical knowledge, science, which redefined their presence in the universe, and who they were.
July 2008 2008
GHibbs commented on the word uncovered
Also past and past participle of the verb 'to uncover'.
November 24, 2011