unconcealed
Britishadjective
Explanation
If something's unconcealed, it's not hidden or made secret. Your unconcealed affection for your dog is evident to everyone — you talk about her adorable antics nonstop, hang pictures of her in your locker, and throw her a lavish birthday party every year. When things are concealed, they're covered up or guarded, like a spy's concealed identity or a birthmark that's concealed with makeup. Add the prefix un-, or "not," and you get unconcealed, which is a great word for describing things that are right out in the open. Your unconcealed love for language is obvious from all of those vocabulary quizzes you're always taking!
Example Sentences
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But despite the workaday setting and the unconcealed artifice, by the third or fourth time I heard the song, I couldn’t help feeling … something.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2020
In this case, those include Giuliani’s, which have run in strong currents for decades, unconcealed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2019
“With unconcealed bitterness at being disturbed she wordlessly pointed at the empty shelf. So thanks, Baz, I now have to move cities.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2017
It was also a different era, pre-9/11, when you could actually board a New York subway train with an unconcealed steak knife.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2016
He looks at me with unconcealed annoyance and says, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Get out of my room.”
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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