furless

adjective

Definition of furlessnext
as in skinned

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Recent Examples of furless On a plywood bookshelf above the twin bed sat a dozen teddy bears of varying age and quality, some patchy and furless. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furless
  1. skinned
  2. hairless
  3. unclothed
Adjective
  • Hallegua is a Paradesi Jew, the once-dominant group whose fair-skinned, Sephardic ancestors from Spain and Portugal fled the Spanish Inquisition in the 16th century.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Bruce Banner is an extremely intelligent scientist whose exposure to gamma radiation gave him the (unwanted) ability to transform into the massive, green-skinned, and totally ripped alter-ego known as the Hulk.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
Definition of skinned
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  • Her boyfriend got a hairless cat, a guy pretending to be Wolverine, and a recipe for butter-chicken macaroni and cheese.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Every mammal has borders between haired and hairless skin, and those borders are drawn early, in the embryo, when skin cells decide whether to build a hair follicle.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of hairless
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  • Earlier in the day, Miller’s attorney took blame for an unclothed photo of Miller and Emily Moreno’s daughter published in a trove of documents Miller made public Sunday to support his claims of innocence.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Definition of unclothed

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“Furless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furless. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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