How to Use uncompressed in a Sentence

uncompressed

adjective
  • These layers create warmth by trapping air in their fibers, and those fibers need to be lofty and uncompressed to work.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2017
  • Tenenbaum’s voice is clean and uncompressed, unmodified and pure in tone.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Fill power is the number of cubic inches one ounce of the down in question can loft into when uncompressed.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 July 2019
  • Saatva mattresses are made to order and are delivered full-sized and uncompressed directly to your home.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
  • Amezdroz, however, prefers to shoot nearly uncompressed to maintain every last bit of detail.
    — Popular Science, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Most of the probe's dataset, including the highest-resolution views and full, uncompressed images, have not yet been received.
    — Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2015
  • Neither type of port is able to support an uncompressed 4K/240Hz signal on its own.
    — Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 23 May 2022
  • There’s currently no release timeline for the uncompressed image feature.
    — Jon Porter, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The inner membrane, which had been holding the uncompressed CO2, had collapsed across the entire floor.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2025
  • In our example, this results in 13 memory spaces as opposed to 16 for the dense, uncompressed version.
    — Olivia Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Campers can expect synthetic sleeping bags to last for around five years, while down sleeping bags can stay in use for more than 10 years if cared for properly (for example, storing uncompressed).
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Modems operated at speeds measured in kilobytes per second, making the transfer of large, uncompressed images impractical.
    — Victor Shilo, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • An experimental demonstration of uncompressed 4K high-definition video transmission using the new chip (right).
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The website will use Xstream Music high resolution streaming by OraStream to offer uncompressed master recordings.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2017
  • The software’s video processing engine can extract the audio from an online video, split it into mono, and format it into uncompressed 16 kilohertz WAV files.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2018
  • The judge compared the model to MP3 and JPEG files, which store your music and photos in files that are smaller than the raw, uncompressed originals.
    — Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
  • With those specs, the upcoming SD card should be able to fit storage-hungry video formats, including 8K, although the card wouldn't be speedy enough for supporting raw, uncompressed 8K video recording.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Most modern smartphones have vastly improved and light-sensitive sensors, permit some granular control of the settings, and are able to shoot more detail-rich RAW photos, which are uncompressed and unprocessed image files.
    — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2022
  • That's more than enough horsepower for most professionals, able to handle up to 22 simultaneous streams of uncompressed 8K video or multitasking between apps that would normally require rendering on separate machines.
    — Brian Westover, PCMAG, 6 June 2023

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