Definitions

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  • adjective Not ironed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of linens or clothes) not ironed

Etymologies

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un- +‎ ironed

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Examples

  • I agree with keeping coppers looking smart and unpolished boots and/or unironed shirts are a personal bugbear with me.

    And for my next trick……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • He looked rumpled, in an unironed plaid shirt and khakis that suddenly appeared too short, bits of his dark socks visible between hem and shoe.

    Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Narrative Magazine 2010

  • He looked rumpled, in an unironed plaid shirt and khakis that suddenly appeared too short, bits of his dark socks visible between hem and shoe.

    Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Narrative Magazine 2010

  • Preacher was standing up over his writing table, unshaved, wearing an unironed white shirt.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • Preacher was standing up over his writing table, unshaved, wearing an unironed white shirt.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • Preacher was standing up over his writing table, unshaved, wearing an unironed white shirt.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • How long have the unironed clothes been sitting unironed and unworn?

    A rambly bag of Saturday stuff « knitnut.net 2008

  • In his view, miracles shouldnt come dressed in jeans and unironed T-shirts, and as though to goad him, in a far corner two of the miracle-workers burst into raucous laughter.

    The Edge of Madness Michael Dobbs 2008

  • Just take a look at what Browne's wearing today: slim gray flannel trousers that stop several inches above sockless ankles; an unironed white oxford-cloth button-down shirt; a skinny gray tie, and a cashmere cardigan with varsity stripes on the sleeve.

    SUITS US IF IT SUITS HIM 2007

  • Darlings, the Amish are the most intentionally plain people in our country, and you won't ever see one of them with an unironed pinafore or trousers that are falling off their butts.

    If You Love It, You Need It PeaceBang 2006

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