undisguised

adjective

un·​dis·​guised ˌən-də-ˈskīzd How to pronounce undisguised (audio)
-dis-ˈgīzd,
 also  -diz-
: not disguised or concealed
undisguised impatience
undisguisedly
ˌən-də-ˈskī-zəd-lē How to pronounce undisguised (audio)
-dis-ˈgī-
 also  -diz-
adverb

Examples of undisguised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His character, Gerald, is a scowling former steelworker who, after some initial reluctance, throws himself into his friends’ amateur-strip-show shenanigans with undisguised gusto. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023 The episode also featured undisguised special guests and Masked Singer alumni Michelle Williams, Rumer Willis, Joey Fatone, and Bow Wow. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023 Porsche is nearly ready to unleash its second electric model, and our spy photographer has now captured photos showing the Macan EV almost entirely undisguised. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 28 Aug. 2023 Although the cabin of the pre-production car is still covered with drapes of black cloth, the two major innovations—a much larger circular center touchscreen and the bar of toggle switches below it—are totally undisguised. Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 6 May 2023 This dogma holds that China is best seen as B.D. and A.D.—before Deng and after Deng—and that without Deng there would be no Xi Jinping, China’s present strongman-for-life whose quest to dominate the world isn’t just undisguised but also, arguably, within grasp. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022 During the campaign, Biden’s broad, if vague, assurances that Washington could be redeemed effectively contrasted with Trump’s undisguised politico creed—a jumble of whataboutism, contempt for human rights and American ambition, a Putinist assumption that everyone operates in bad faith. Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2022 News of the infection of the most powerful man in the world with the most notorious disease in the world drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrage and curiosity that follow much of what Donald Trump does, even from 10,000 miles away. Foster Klug, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020 With an undisguised aversion to Hollywood, Mr. Brimley preferred to live on his properties in Santa Clara, Utah, and Greybull, Wyo., leaving occasionally to make a film or, in one of his favorite sidelines, to sing — and sometimes record — Tin Pan Alley standards with a jazz combo. Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of undisguised was in the 15th century

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“Undisguised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undisguised. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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