as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
I'm telling the unvarnished truth
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Recent Examples of unvarnished
So began a legal fight that concluded with a 70-page arbitrator’s ruling, one that provides an unvarnished view of a corner of the baseball world rarely illuminated to the public.
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Evan Drellich, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The canvas, Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, 1960, which is about seven and a half feet high and eight and a half feet wide, sustained scratches in the unvarnished paint layer of its lower region.
—News Desk, Artforum, 29 Apr. 2025
This could spare Meta any potential further embarrassment of having its founder's unvarnished internal emails picked apart in public.
—Ashley Belanger – May 16, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
Outright fights are just one facet of the film’s unvarnished fidelity to Kana’s state of mind.
—Nicolas Rapold, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Evan Drellich, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The canvas, Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, 1960, which is about seven and a half feet high and eight and a half feet wide, sustained scratches in the unvarnished paint layer of its lower region.
—News Desk, Artforum, 29 Apr. 2025
This could spare Meta any potential further embarrassment of having its founder's unvarnished internal emails picked apart in public.
—Ashley Belanger – May 16, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
Outright fights are just one facet of the film’s unvarnished fidelity to Kana’s state of mind.
—Nicolas Rapold, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unvarnished
Adjective
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The way to peace is simple: get Hamas out and get aid in.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
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Serving clients around the globe, ACE operates with a simple but powerful mission: to help individuals and companies navigate aircraft transactions with confidence, clarity, and efficiency.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Its impact on the modern environment is made plain when the geologist protagonist must flee terrible wildfires there.—
Diana Arterian
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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My mom rocked her plain white canvas sneakers through her four years at Michigan State University (that's her in the picture on the day the Olympic torch was run through the MSU campus in 1984).—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Most medical memoirs don’t make much of place—a hospital is a hospital is a hospital—but Huyler’s was set in the Southwest, with prose as angular and unadorned as the landscape outside my window.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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When someone is sleeping in an unadorned conventional hammock, a thin layer of fabric is all that separates the underside of their sleeping bag from the chilly night air.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Simply, the naked eye is capable of spotting the colorful display from Earth if the weather conditions cooperate.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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The union was not designed for this kind of naked coercion, and the White House should not be surprised, then, when the blue state targets of Trump's abuse start thinking a little more carefully about their options.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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“Unvarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unvarnished. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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