as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
I'm telling the unvarnished truth
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Recent Examples of unvarnished
This realization reframes one of the central challenges of organizational leadership — not just making decisions but ensuring that the inputs to those decisions are as unvarnished as possible.
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Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Seahouses has an unvarnished appeal that feels increasingly rare.
—Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026
Through unvarnished and deeply human storytelling, Jafar reminds us that art, at its most powerful, is an act of freedom.
—Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
Following a car crash in Florida last month, and the subsequent release of numerous police videos showing the aftermath, the world was presented with an unvarnished view of a broken hero.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unvarnished
Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Seahouses has an unvarnished appeal that feels increasingly rare.
—Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026
Through unvarnished and deeply human storytelling, Jafar reminds us that art, at its most powerful, is an act of freedom.
—Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
Following a car crash in Florida last month, and the subsequent release of numerous police videos showing the aftermath, the world was presented with an unvarnished view of a broken hero.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unvarnished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unvarnished
Adjective
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Armando Chavez, owner of local business NorCal Siders, was brought in for a simple roof patch-up but left with a big idea.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The cause can be something as simple as a lack of water or more complex, like fungal wilt diseases, tomato wilt viruses, walnut toxicity, or boring insects.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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This is my dream job, plain and simple.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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The surprise room was plain, with two chairs and a table.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Those first Area jeans featured strategic studs framing her thigh vents, while Wednesday’s were unadorned, but real ones know.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
11 June 2026
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Museum Rietberg’s own collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs taken in Asia and Africa are also interwoven throughout the exhibition — unadorned reference points that serve as nodes between which the artists’ refractory works resonate.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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According to prosecutors, who cited testimony and evidence at McCue's trial, the children allegedly suffered severe beatings and were forced to wear shock collars and stand naked on cinder blocks for hours or sometimes days at a time.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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Charges state Le Saint at one time sent the girl a photo to show his child playing with a toy, but in the picture, his fully naked reflection could be seen in a mirror.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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“Unvarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unvarnished. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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