Definitions

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  • adjective Not wearing spectacles.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ spectacled

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Examples

  • As a brunette who wore glasses and read constantly, it started bugging me early on that girls on book covers, no matter how they were described, were blonde and unspectacled.

    New Year, New Season, Same Old WTF Editorial Anonymous 2010

  • At staring and saying nothing a barefaced man, unspectacled, starts scratch.

    The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

  • 'What!' said Mr Bethany still more angrily, blinking out of his unspectacled eyes; 'has she cut off the gas, then?'

    The Return Walter De la Mare 1914

  • At staring and saying nothing a barefaced man, unspectacled, starts scratch.

    The Invisible Man 1906

  • At staring and saying nothing a barefaced man, unspectacled, starts scratch.

    Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger Herbert George 1898

  • At staring and saying nothing a barefaced man, unspectacled, starts scratch.

    The Invisible Man Herbert George 1897

  • She pored over them with unspectacled eyes whenever she mixed a cunning dish; and even Angélique dared not meddle with them, though they were to be part of the girl's inheritance.

    Old Kaskaskia Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874

  • Wheels were laid aside, needles left sticking in the half-finished seams, and many a nose, spectacled and unspectacled, was popped out of the adjoining windows, which had the good fortune to command a view of Mr. Bindloose's front door.

    St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801

  • Wheels were laid aside, needles left sticking in the half-finished seams, and many a nose, spectacled and unspectacled, was popped out of the adjoining windows, which had the good fortune to command a view of Mr. Bindloose’s front door.

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

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