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Webster 1828 Edition


Unhedged

UNHEDG'ED

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Adj.
Not hedged; not surrounded by a hedge.

Definition 2024


unhedged

unhedged

English

Adjective

unhedged (not comparable)

  1. Without a hedge.
    • Rudyard Kipling,
      After splashing mile after mile along straight, unhedged roads, between stretches of sodden heather []
  2. (finance) Not hedged; not offset or counterbalanced.
    • 2007 August 26, Ben Stein, “Avoid the Craziness and No One Gets Hurt”, in New York Times:
      A hedge fund is supposed to hedge against market movements by unhedged instruments.