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unairbrushed

unairbrushed adjective: not painted with an airbrush.

Adjective

unairbrushed (not comparable)

  1. Not painted with an airbrush.
  2. (figuratively) Real, genuine; without the removal of blemishes and inconveniences.
    • Rich and strange in detail, magnanimous yet unsparing in tone, it presents an unairbrushed portrait of two quarreling middle-aged Ukrainian-English sisters, Vera and Nadia, who reconcile to save their stubborn father from a disastrous late marriage.2007 September 2, Liesl Schillinger, “Let Them Eat Shortcake”, in New York Times

Origin of unairbrushed

From un- + airbrushed.

Questions about unairbrushed

What does unairbrushed mean?
Unairbrushed means not painted with an airbrush.
What part of speech is unairbrushed?
Unairbrushed is an adjective.

Words near unairbrushed in the dictionary

  1. unailing
  2. unaimable
  3. unaimed
  4. unaiming
  5. unairable
  6. unairbrushed
  7. unairconditioned
  8. unaired
  9. unairedness
  10. unairworthiness
  11. unairworthy

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