untinkered en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + tinkered.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not tinkered with.
It is as if the nature of the form cannot, even as the sonnet can, be tinkered with; and, in its original, untinkered form, it channels the spirit of the stanza's English-language master.
2017, Catherine Addison, A Genealogy of the Verse Novel, page 415: