How to Use uncorrected in a Sentence

uncorrected

adjective
  • And how did this go uncorrected for more than 3½ months?
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The lens doesn't show much in the way of distortion, just a slight inward curve for uncorrected Raw photos and none for JPGs.
    PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Earlier this year, in the eastern half of the country, a time error of 10 seconds too fast went uncorrected for a week or more.
    Seth Borenstein, USA TODAY, 17 May 2018
  • Here, the drag of air particles, if left uncorrected, will siphon off energy, pulling the craft closer to Earth.
    Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2019
  • The District must by law balance its budget, so the shortfall cannot go uncorrected.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
  • There are some genes, though, where uncorrected damage can matter a lot.
    The Economist, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Raitt: For me, the vibe to go for is as live and uncorrected as possible. Minimal rehearsal.
    Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2019
  • But if left uncorrected, the problems the loss exposed could quickly spiral out of control.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
  • That's down from 2,627 beach sites in the earlier, uncorrected report.
    Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2019
  • On Twitter, his organization found a tweet in Arabic about ballots left on the side of the road that went uncorrected on Twitter the day after the election.
    Ashley Nerbovig, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Crump confirmed Monday that the confusion was caused by a mix-up that allowed an uncorrected set of drawings to remain on a press website.
    Anita Chabria, Sam Stanton and Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 2 Apr. 2018
  • On Twitter, his organization found a tweet in Arabic about ballots left on the side of the road went uncorrected on Twitter the day after the election.
    Ashley Nerbovig, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2020
  • At one point the first three volumes had to be pulped because the printers originally produced an uncorrected version of his text.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Among his findings: Most kids are sick or malnourished and up to two-thirds struggle with combinations of anemia, worms and uncorrected myopia that set them back at school.
    Andrew Browne, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2017
  • The bit that is clear has a resolution that is about 10 times better than the uncorrected image, revealing some hidden details.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2018
  • Easter and Passover fall on the same weekend more often than not, but the two rarely coincide with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which is based on an uncorrected lunar calendar.
    Grayson Quay, The Week, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Though it’s long been reported that the empty frames are left hanging to accord with that will, the museum says that is actually a long uncorrected mistake.
    Tom Mashberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Where abuses remain uncorrected the populace spreads the word by social media – a form unmuzzled by the state (in contrast to Russia or China).
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Other versions remain online uncorrected and have been shared thousands of times.
    Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Among the translation errors that went uncorrected was Mr. Schellenberg’s first assertion he was framed by Mr. Xu.
    Eva Dou, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2018
  • Some of those communication problems have been known for two years but remain uncorrected, the commission said.
    Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Because of this, an uncorrected threshold of P<0.001 for the peak voxel within ROIs was set, namely the hippocampus, amygdala and entorhinal cortex.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The difficulty begins when Mizuno carelessly includes the model’s name, Cojima, toward the end of the manuscript and the story goes to press uncorrected.
    Min Jin Lee, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Neither he nor the audit addresses how officials will rectify the issues once the system goes live, and whether people will be on the hook to pay back overpaid benefits that went uncorrected.
    oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2019
  • More recent releases from bestselling authors—such as an uncorrected proof of Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie, on sale for $3,000—typically sell for less.
    Sophie Haigney, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Scott Rozelle, a professor at Stanford, found that most kids left behind in the rural villages are sick or malnourished and that up to two-thirds struggle with combinations of anemia, worms, and uncorrected myopia, which set them back at school.
    Joel Kotkin, National Review, 25 July 2019
  • The DEA gave a grossly inaccurate depiction of its own operations to Congress, and let that account stand uncorrected.
    Mattathias Schwartz, The Intercept, 24 May 2017
  • Players are warned at halftime of possible violations; if uncorrected, they are reported to the NFL for possible fines.
    Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2019
  • As long as this stratagem goes uncorrected, our nation’s investment in its Air Force will continue to be misunderstood.
    Dave Deptula, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • The first New York Times employee book sale, held in 1993, repurposed stray galleys and uncorrected proofs into items that colleagues could purchase at a steep discount for charitable purposes.
    John Otis, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2019

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