uncooked

adjective

un·​cooked ˌən-ˈku̇kt How to pronounce uncooked (audio)
: not cooked : raw
uncooked shrimp

Examples of uncooked in a Sentence

crunching on uncooked carrots
Recent Examples on the Web Maev sells flash-frozen, uncooked USDA-grade meat-and-vegetable mixes for about $150 a month for a medium-size dog; its sales quadrupled in 2022. Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024 In that time, bacon jumped 1.7%, bread went up 1.1%, and uncooked ground beef and chicken each rose 1%. Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 12 June 2024 And about 40 percent of pork sold in California is exempt; Prop 12 covers only whole, uncooked cuts, like bacon or ribs, but not ground pork or pre-cooked pork in products like frozen pizzas. Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 4 June 2024 Cooking the meat of these animals to a safe temperature kills the worms, but eating raw or uncooked meat can result in an infection, according to the CDC. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for uncooked 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncooked was circa 1775

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“Uncooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncooked. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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