as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
I'm telling the unvarnished truth
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Recent Examples of unvarnished
This type of unvarnished discourse is refreshing in a game filled with dishonesty, spin, and secretive media briefings.
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Their unvarnished alt-rock was led by wild-eyed singer Matt Shultz, a human rubber band who exhausted himself despite his vocals disappearing into the strong breeze.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Famed journalist and author Joan Didion’s life and work are celebrated in this unvarnished portrait by her nephew, actor and director Griffin Dunne.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Among the reasons cited for Platt’s dismissal was the perception that, under his administration, the city had lost the public’s trust by prioritizing positive public relations and branding over disseminating unvarnished information.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Their unvarnished alt-rock was led by wild-eyed singer Matt Shultz, a human rubber band who exhausted himself despite his vocals disappearing into the strong breeze.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Famed journalist and author Joan Didion’s life and work are celebrated in this unvarnished portrait by her nephew, actor and director Griffin Dunne.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Among the reasons cited for Platt’s dismissal was the perception that, under his administration, the city had lost the public’s trust by prioritizing positive public relations and branding over disseminating unvarnished information.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unvarnished
Adjective
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Monochromatic Raven loves to stick to a simple, serene palette by combining a variety of white tulips with different bloom times.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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This Madewell version channels that effortless, neutral polish Kitts described—simple, structured, and endlessly versatile.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The promise of artificial intelligence is that the desktop will disappear entirely and users will only interact with a chatbot or a voice that will carry out their bidding through plain language alone, morphing the entire computer into an anthropomorphized character.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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It can be enjoyed plain, sweetened, or with a squeeze of lemon.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The hallway from the elevator was unadorned.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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The whole movie feels, if anything too realistic; an unflashy, unadorned terror borne from a real-life virus.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The woman was naked under her bloody sheet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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But Flood had said there were incidents of recording when women were naked still occurring when corrections officers would go into bathrooms or showers.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Unvarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unvarnished. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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