as in white
lacking an addition of color
the wooden shingles on the island's houses are usually left unpainted, and over time the salt air turns them a soft gray
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Recent Examples of unpainted
An aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX airplane parked in storage at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Production of the angular, unpainted steel pickups has reportedly slowed in recent weeks at Tesla’s factory in Austin, Texas.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
There’s a painting titled Supreme of the Supreme Court with portions unpainted and sketched on the canvas.
—Steven Vargas, ARTnews.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Though the bear still greeted newcomers, the restaurant’s windows were empty, accompanied by unpainted outlines of whiskey barrels on the walls after the smokehouse posted on Facebook Wednesday that anyone interested in buying the restaurant’s decor should stop by Thursday and Friday.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Production of the angular, unpainted steel pickups has reportedly slowed in recent weeks at Tesla’s factory in Austin, Texas.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
There’s a painting titled Supreme of the Supreme Court with portions unpainted and sketched on the canvas.
—Steven Vargas, ARTnews.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Though the bear still greeted newcomers, the restaurant’s windows were empty, accompanied by unpainted outlines of whiskey barrels on the walls after the smokehouse posted on Facebook Wednesday that anyone interested in buying the restaurant’s decor should stop by Thursday and Friday.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpainted
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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Black people make up about 14% of the U.S. population but are three times more likely to face hunger than white people, according to the Agriculture Department.—
Maya Eaglin,
NBC News,
11 Feb. 2023
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“Unpainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpainted. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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