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unshaven

/ʌnˈʃeɪvən/

unshaven adjective: not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.

Adjective

unshaven (not comparable)

  1. Not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
    • He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201
    • She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III...
  2. (figuratively) Unkempt.
    • The recruit's face was smooth but for a single almost imperceptible hair protruding from his chin. "Unshaven!" screamed the officer.

unshaven meaning in Tamil

unshaven in Tamil

மழிக்காத, சிரைக்காத

Examples of unshaven in a sentence

  • He is the unshaven, unslept, pastis-guzzling chain-smoking doyen of the press.
  • Pulling her leggings down over unshaven legs, she raptured "I'm dry!" to her audience.
  • He was rather unshaven as well and smelt strongly of shag.

All 11 example sentences with unshaven

Forms of unshaven

alternative formunshaved

Origin of unshaven

From un- + shaven.

Words formed from unshaven

Words that rhyme with unshaven

Questions about unshaven

What does unshaven mean?
Unshaven means not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
What is unshaven in Tamil?
Unshaven in Tamil is மழிக்காத, சிரைக்காத. See Unshaven meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unshaven?
Unshaven is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unshaven?
Unshaven is pronounced /ʌnˈʃeɪvən/.

Words near unshaven in the dictionary

  1. unshatters
  2. unshavable
  3. unshaveable
  4. unshaved
  5. unshavedness
  6. unshaven
  7. unshavenly
  8. unshavenness
  9. unshawl
  10. unshawled
  11. unshawling

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