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Subject:Re: A little respect for "unvalidated" From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:31:40 -0700
It might be used in that sense in more than one industry, but it's
definitely jargon, not standard English, so should be used only for
audiences who know what it means.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> In my line of work (medical devices), the meaning of "unvalidated" is
> crystal clear. If that's true only for one industry, then let's call it
> jargon and I'll stop hockin' the dictionaries' chainik.
>
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