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  • adjective Not having been prettied up; thus, unadorned

Etymologies

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un- +‎ prettied

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Examples

  • I can only imagine not only the discomfort, but how appalling, to consider what is usually thought of as a pretty-ish part being unprettied by hurried stitching.

    Mary Shelley Had NO IDEA | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • The confession is gorgeous for its admitted selfishness — which, in its candor and intimacy, is transformed into an act of generosity, a precious, unprettied gift.

    Monday Mashity-Mashup « 2009

  • I can only imagine not only the discomfort, but how appalling, to consider what is usually thought of as a pretty-ish part being unprettied by hurried stitching.

    Mary Shelley Had NO IDEA 2008

  • He might have been narcissistic till his face got unprettied.

    On the Couch with Darth Vader Mother Jones RN 2008

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