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untaxed

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N T AE1 K S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not subject to being taxed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • During August, clothes costing less than $75 are untaxed, to try to help the poor to buy clothes and the merchants to make money.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not having had the required taxes paid on it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Bootleggers make good money selling untaxed cigarettes, until they are caught.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not tired or strained, working well within capacity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The motor was untaxed by the steep hill because the vehicle was so lightly loaded.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

(of goods or funds) not taxed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tax-exempt bonds
  • an untaxed expense account

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tax-exempt, tax-free

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English taxed English untaxed From un- + taxed.