unclad

American  

[uhn-klad] / ʌnˈklæd /

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of unclothe.

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adjective

1. naked; nude; undressed.

unclad British  

/ ʌnˈklæd /

adjective

1. having no clothes on; naked

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Etymology

Origin of unclad

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; un- ¹, clad ¹

Example Sentences

I flung the warm shawl over her, and drew the edges tight round her neck, for I dreaded lest she should get some deadly chill from the night air, unclad as she was.

From Literature

The animal died utterly unclad, outside its whorled shell, and was buried this way.

From New York Times

It reminded me of how liberated I had felt when I had gone, with an unclad wife and bare toddler, to a nudist beach in Cornwall.

From The Guardian

By April 14, the People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, tweeted in English that the photographer “got 10 days’ detention for taking photos of unclad female tourist at sacred Tibetan lake.”

From Time

Soon after, Joan Semmel painted the view as she looked down at her own unclad body, yielding “Me Without Mirrors,” one of the few “Face Value” entries that doesn’t include a face.

From Washington Post