Definition of "uncatalyzed" [uncatalyzed]

• Not catalyzed; that does not use or require a catalyst (adjective)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Finally I got fed up with this and pointed out that without a catalytic influence on biochemical reaction x the uncatalyzed version would consume more time than the life expectancy of the organism."
• "In vitro evolution of the population of new ribozymes led to improvement of the average ligation activity and the emergence of ribozymes with reaction rates 7 million times faster than the uncatalyzed reaction rate."
• "It was initially an uncatalyzed, unrecognizable group of citizens who were shocked that Bush approved TARP."