cushion
noun
a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.
uncushioned
-
a word derived from
cushion.
Example Sentences
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He said it’s logical that bigger runners have benefited more in the switch from uncushioned spikes to shoes with nearly an inch of super-responsive foam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
Rowling wrote on X: "Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
With uncushioned seat backs, the sound in the hall should be crisper.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
The political particulars and community-centered motives of the busing conflict, though historical, remain contemporary, uncushioned by time.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2015
Father Frontford leaned back in his uncushioned chair and pressed together his thin finger-tips in the gesture which was habitual with him, regarding the young man with keen eyes.
From The Puritans by Arlo Bates
