skinless
Americanadjective
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deprived of skin.
a skinless carcass.
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(of frankfurters or sausages) having no casing.
Etymology
Origin of skinless
First recorded in 1300–50, skinless is from the Middle English word skinles. See skin, -less
Example Sentences
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There’s a teleportation device, a handsome demon played by LaKeith Stanfield and skinless stop-motion humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
For stuffed chicken, I always use boneless, skinless breasts.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
And if you’d rather skip the bones, boneless, skinless thighs can work nearly as well, though you’ll lose that blanket of potato-chiplike chicken skin.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
If you associate chicken with dry, bland childhood dinners, you probably were eating boneless, skinless breast.
From Washington Times ● May 8, 2023
At first I am horrified by the ghoulish skinned squirrels, as red and muscular as skinless human bodies in Miss Larsen’s science book.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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