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adjective un·dressed \ ˌən-ˈdrest \

Definition of undressed

:not dressed: such as

a :partially, improperly, or informally clothed

b :not fully processed or finished

undressed hides

c :not cared for or tended

an undressed wound

undressed fields

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I was undressed when the fire alarm went off.
an undressed patient waiting to be examined by the doctor

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The woman remembers being in and out of consciousness, being walked back to the hotel by Dickerson and being undressed by the professor, according to the lawsuit.

— ashley remkus, AL.com, "UNA students to protest university's response to sexual assault lawsuit," 24 Aug. 2017
At the video's climax, the teen and his partner are undressed, laying down in a bed together before his partner's father (played by Matthew Modine) bursts through the bedroom door.

— nerisha penrose, Billboard, "Logic Casts Don Cheadle to Address Suicide in Moving '1-800-273-8255' Video," 17 Aug. 2017
At his request, the prostitute has undressed and is jumping up and down as Gautama gleefully grasps her breasts.

— adrian tomine, New York Times, "In Delhi or America, the Men in These Stories Behave Badly," 14 Aug. 2017
What’s wrong: First, the serving size (four tiny balls, each barely a bite, with a pile of undressed greens in the middle).

— kathleen purvis, charlotteobserver, "Our Charlotte hush puppy search: 5 great ones, 2 so-so and 1 you can skip," 11 Aug. 2017
Scientists have virtually undressed mummies, diagnosed from beyond the grave, and exposed miscarriages and 3,000-year-old scams.

— thomas page, CNN, "DNA discovery reveals genetic history of ancient Egyptians," 22 June 2017
Anna bathes (calling Johan in to scrub her back), sleeps (topless alongside the undressed Johan), and then dresses to go out.

— richard brody, The New Yorker, "Ingmar Bergman and the Risk of Ridicule," 30 Mar. 2017
The woman in another room had undressed and donned a hospital gown.

— siddhartha mukherjee, The New Yorker, "A.I. versus M.D.," 23 Mar. 2017
Sometime in September 1943, Karoline Cohn undressed and waited for her hair to be shaved at a hut at Sobibor, the Nazi extermination camp, in eastern Poland.

— dan bilefsky, New York Times, "Pendant Found in Nazi Death Camp Ruins May Have Anne Frank Link," 17 Jan. 2017

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First Known Use of undressed

1535

undressed Synonyms

Synonyms

native, natural, raw, rude, crude, unprocessed, unrefined, untreated

Antonyms

dressed, processed, refined, treated

Related Words

undeveloped; rough-hewn, semifinished, unfinished, unpolished; uncooked; impure, unfiltered

Near Antonyms

filtered, pure, purified

UNDRESSED Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of undressed for English Language Learners

: wearing no clothing : not dressed
: not cared for or covered
: not finished : not prepared for use

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