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.
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Adjective
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One foot was naked, and the other was frozen in its boot.—
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That critique of American foreign policy – that US high-mindedness and democratic idealism conceal naked corporate interests – persisted through the Cold War and into the 21st Century.—
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Garland then undressed Helleson with a show-and-go move before deking from forehand to backhand to lift a shot over Mrázek’s pad.—
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Then, Alvarez undressed and proceeded to take a shower with the door and shower curtain open.—
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The nude mesh dress was strategically embroidered with pale pink flowers and sage green leaves, which bloomed over her body and around the hemline.—
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The dress featured brown brocade detailing over nude mesh fabric and a tulle mermaid-style lower skirt.—
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They have been stripped down to the frame on the defensive line.—
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She was suspended for four years and stripped of all competitive results since that date.—
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“Unclothed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclothed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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