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  • adjective Not brushed

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  • adjective (of hair or clothing) not brushed

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Examples

  • She suddenly looks vulnerable in this pose, child-like and fragile, with her big trousers and unbrushed hair and her obvious willingness to please.

    Alexa Chung: 'I'm probably not the best role model' Elizabeth Day 2010

  • I think a short hairstyle with some volume that frames the face is highly preferable to a snatched back, unbrushed ponytail of long hair.

    Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009

  • If I arrived at a job interview with unbrushed teeth and hair sticking through my panty hose, I'd get hired for not making an effort.

    beauty nathreee 2010

  • Times I have fallen asleep before I intended, teeth unbrushed, face unwashed, etc.

    Archive 2008-06-01 kittenpie 2008

  • She wore bell-bottoms and wedge sandals; her unbrushed hair fell loose at her back.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • As a result of this calamity, life and property are no longer sacred, the criminal classes are flying at the throat of society, there is starvation and anarchy, shoes go unpolished, clothes unbrushed.

    The woe of an aspiring genius. 2008

  • Her fine brown hair, barely long enough for its ponytail, looked unbrushed, as if the woman had just woken up from a nap, realized she had to hurry, and slapped her hair into an elastic band.

    The Love Goddess’ Cooking School Melissa Senate 2010

  • Times I have fallen asleep before I intended, teeth unbrushed, face unwashed, etc.

    Belly By the Numbers kittenpie 2008

  • Her fine brown hair, barely long enough for its ponytail, looked unbrushed, as if the woman had just woken up from a nap, realized she had to hurry, and slapped her hair into an elastic band.

    The Love Goddess’ Cooking School Melissa Senate 2010

  • My hair is unbrushed and falls in snarls down my back.

    Veracity LAURA BYNUM 2010

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