unshaded

adjective

un·​shad·​ed ˌən-ˈshā-dəd How to pronounce unshaded (audio)
: not shaded: such as
a
: not sheltered from light or heat
an unshaded open field
b
: not covered with a shade
unshaded light bulbs

Examples of unshaded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On a hot summer day, surface temperatures in shaded areas may be anywhere between 20 to 45 degrees cooler than unshaded areas. Benji Jones, Vox, 11 July 2024 In Freetown, Sierra Leone, the city’s CHO, Eugenia Kargbo, is enlisting some 2,000 women who work in unshaded market stalls throughout the city to design structures to protect their workplaces from the sun. Kathy Baughman McLeod, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2022 The wide, gently undulating track is largely unshaded, passing through chaparral punctuated with agaves, cactus and spots of piñon pine and juniper. Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024 Finally, by the mid-1980s and 1990s, unshaded monocultures emerged, which operate like many modern agricultural enterprises: intensively managed with plenty of synthetic fertilizers and herbicides. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unshaded 

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Word History

First Known Use

1638, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unshaded was in 1638

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“Unshaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unshaded. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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