unredacted

unredacted

The journalist reads the unredacted report on her desk.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Not censored or edited: "Unredacted" describes a document, text, or file that has not had sensitive, secret, or private information removed or blacked out. It is the full, original version containing all the details that might have been hidden in other versions.
Usage Instructions
  • Use "unredacted" primarily in formal, legal, journalistic, or governmental contexts. It is most commonly used when discussing official reports, contracts, or classified communications that were previously released with parts hidden.
Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The journalist requested the unredacted version of the government report to see the names of those involved. (The journalist wanted the full report without any parts blacked out.)
    • The court ordered the company to provide an unredacted copy of the internal email. (The court required the company to show the email exactly as it was written, without hiding any information.)
    • The unredacted transcript revealed details that were previously considered confidential. (The full, original record showed information that had been hidden before.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Unredacted document": The most frequent noun phrase used with this adjective. It implies that a document was originally released with "redactions" (black boxes or white-outs) and the "unredacted" version is the complete, uncensored one.
Variants and Related Words
  • Redact (verb): To remove or hide sensitive information from a text.
    • The government had to redact the witness names before publishing the file.
  • Redaction (noun): The process of removing information, or the portion that has been removed.
    • The redaction on page five made the document difficult to understand.
Synonyms
  • Uncensored: Not suppressed or hidden; containing all original content.
  • Unexpurgated: Complete and original; often used for books or texts that have not had "objectionable" parts removed.
  • Unabridged: Not shortened; containing the full, original length of a work.
  • Full: Containing all parts; lacking nothing.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs