skinless

[ skin-lis ]

/ ˈskɪn lɪs /

deprived of skin: a skinless carcass.

(of frankfurters or sausages) having no casing.

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First recorded in 1300–50, skinless is from the Middle English word skinles. See skin, -less

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Boneless, skinless chicken breasts that are actually delicious and moist, rather than kind of dry and tasteless.
The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide|Megan McArdle|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Such a man, skinless and bilious, was ill qualified to join in the rough game of politics.
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)|Leslie Stephen
Anything that hinted at love for the moment alarmed her; it was as much an infliction to her as the rubbing of a skinless wound.
Night and Day|Virginia Woolf
I clapped till my hands were skinless, and so did Sir James Mackintosh, who was with me in the box.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. III|Thomas Moore

Nobody else but the Skinless Devil has the prestige to make the people gather around him.
Rastignac the Devil|Philip Jos Farmer
He has recently invented a skinless grape and a watermelon that is all heart, and is quite the cleverest man in the business.
The So-called Human Race|Bert Leston Taylor

adj.

mid-14c., from skin (n.) + -less. Related: Skinlessly; skinlessness.