chiefly US
: not tucked into something (such as a pair of pants)
an untucked shirt
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And what Chris Paul noticed was that the reserve big man Jordan Bell had just checked into the game with his jersey untucked.
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Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
The untucked shirt met the top of her leather skirt, which cut forward into a clean front slit.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Dec. 2025
The girl said Mathieson then reached through her shirt, which was untucked and covering the top of her skirt, and touched the skirt.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Nov. 2025
The Sheldon painting depicts a young Black man standing on a sidewalk dressed in a baseball cap, jeans and a loose, untucked, long-sleeve, button-down shirt, his arms outstretched, while white people in business attire walk past him in a blur.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
The untucked shirt met the top of her leather skirt, which cut forward into a clean front slit.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Dec. 2025
The girl said Mathieson then reached through her shirt, which was untucked and covering the top of her skirt, and touched the skirt.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Nov. 2025
The Sheldon painting depicts a young Black man standing on a sidewalk dressed in a baseball cap, jeans and a loose, untucked, long-sleeve, button-down shirt, his arms outstretched, while white people in business attire walk past him in a blur.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Untucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untucked. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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