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UK
/ʌnvˈɑːnɪʃt/
]
[ US /ənˈvɑɹnɪʃt/ ]
[ US /ənˈvɑɹnɪʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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free from any effort to soften to disguise
the unvarnished candor of old people and children
the plain and unvarnished truth - not having a coating of stain or varnish
How To Use unvarnished In A Sentence
- I told him the unvarnished truth except for the part about you quivering stark naked with cold in the shower compartment. CORMORANT
- They will give their unvarnished findings to the defense team.
- Half truth that is branded with a recognized name and laminated to cover the cracks is rated more highly than unvarnished fact.
- No more hiding behind complicated accounting fantasy language, no more obfuscating the reality of what misdeeds were going down in the name of business at her company, she wanted the real, plain, unvarnished truth recounted.
- He will contrast that alleged double-dealing with his unvarnished pledge to reduce the overall tax burden in the UK year on year on year.
- Reports of a nation humiliated because it has been reduced to choosing between a crook clinging to office and an unvarnished fascist are everywhere.
- I note that book publishing itself is becoming much more honest, truthful, unimpeachable, authentic, and precise about everything from numbers of books sold to the unvarnished, unexaggerated, unerring, and unaffected stories it tells as all who toil and sweat in this scrupulous business strive as best we can to maintain the veracious sheen-of-sham and hocus pocus so inherently attached like Superglue to our equivocated reputations for flimflam and fiddle-dee-dee. Obscure Books, Part II - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com
- Awareness of the smooth page clouds the difference between varnished and unvarnished oil paint, between opaque and transparent watercolour.
- Awareness of the smooth page clouds the difference between varnished and unvarnished oil paint, between opaque and transparent watercolour.
- Awareness of the smooth page clouds the difference between varnished and unvarnished oil paint, between opaque and transparent watercolour.