Abbreviated vs. Unabbreviated — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abbreviated and Unabbreviated
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Definitions
Abbreviated
To make shorter
Abbreviated the meeting to make time for your visit.
Unabbreviated
Not abbreviated
Abbreviated
To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.
Unabbreviated
Simple past tense and past participle of unabbreviate
Abbreviated
Shortened; made briefer.
The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
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Abbreviated
Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Abbreviated
Scanty, as in clothing.
Abbreviated
Simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate
Abbreviated
Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
Abbreviated
(of clothing) very short;
An abbreviated swimsuit
A brief bikini
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Abbreviated
Cut short in duration;
The abbreviated speech
A curtailed visit
Her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
An unsatisfactory truncated conversation
