unsedated en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + sedated.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not sedated.
Justice Stevens urged states to consider abandoning one of the three chemicals, the paralyzing drug that would leave an unsedated inmate conscious but unable to move, breathe or cry out.
2008 April 17, Adam Liptak, “Challenges Remain for Lethal Injection”, in New York Times: