unshrubbed

Adjective

unshrubbed (not comparable)

1. Without shrubs.
   • Hail, many-colour’d messenger, that ne'er
     Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;
     Who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers
     Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers,
     And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
     My bosky acres and my unshrubb’d down,
     Rich scarf to my proud earth;1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
   • From the spot he’s left her in, a blank, unshrubbed bit of service-yard where the earth is worn bald, she can see printed in black cut-out and lamp-glow, her own house.1977, Hortense Calisher, “In a Fiery Glade”, in On Keeping Women, New York: Arbor House, pages 153–154

   Synonyms:

   shrubless