as in naked
lacking or shed of clothing
an artist's drawings of clothed and unclothed figures
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as in undressed
to remove clothing from
partially unclothed the patient for treatment
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Recent Examples of unclothed
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The man stands just beyond a vivid swirl of similarly unclothed American Indians with discolored bodies, a jarring imagining of the senseless violence and disease that ravaged the Ohlone people, who first settled in the coastal Northern California land that now comprises much of the Bay Area.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Woolf's remains were found unclothed and partially decomposed near the San Joaquin trailhead in Tucson in December 2024.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Some of these people are ranting and raving, threatening violence against strangers or exhibiting tendencies to hurt themselves, others are quietly living in filth or unclothed or unshod in frigid temperatures.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Several South Shore residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the pre-dawn raid in Chicago.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The man stands just beyond a vivid swirl of similarly unclothed American Indians with discolored bodies, a jarring imagining of the senseless violence and disease that ravaged the Ohlone people, who first settled in the coastal Northern California land that now comprises much of the Bay Area.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Woolf's remains were found unclothed and partially decomposed near the San Joaquin trailhead in Tucson in December 2024.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Some of these people are ranting and raving, threatening violence against strangers or exhibiting tendencies to hurt themselves, others are quietly living in filth or unclothed or unshod in frigid temperatures.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unclothed
Adjective
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In theory, this could be a standard beauty modification, like Ingres tossing a few extra vertebrae into a naked back.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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But when Jeff got naked in public, the New York Establishment utterly rejected him.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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Last year’s best actress winner Mikey Madison arrived in a gown by Dilara Findikoglu that seemed to capture the moment of getting undressed.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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The New Richmond incident follows a Title IX investigation launched in 2023 into the Sun Prairie School District over allegations an 18-year-old student undressed in front of students in the girls' locker room.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Pair it with gold jewelry to complete the color scheme, then add a pair of nude heels for a classic look.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
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As someone who gravitates toward darker nail colors—probably dating back to my ’90s obsession with Chanel’s iconic Vamp—I’ve popped in and out of nail salons for decades without giving the best nude nail polishes their due consideration.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2026
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Just last month, Ferguson was stripped of her Freedom of the City of York honor.—
Janelle Ash , Ashley Papa , Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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What does rankle, however, is that that by glossing over such matters, the final film has been mostly stripped of any humanity, good and bad.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Unclothed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclothed. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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