undressed

[uhn-drest]

adjective

1. wearing few or no clothes.

2. wearing informal clothing or clothing not meant to be worn in public.

3. not dressed; not specially prepared.

   undressed poultry; an undressed salad.

4. (of leather) having a napped finish on the flesh side.

undressed

/ ʌnˈdrɛst /

adjective

1. partially or completely naked

2. (of an animal hide) not fully processed

3. (of food, esp salad) not prepared with sauce or dressing

Other Word Forms

• semiundressed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of undressed¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; un- ¹, dress, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Some 26 nurses signed a letter complaining of Rose's use of and conduct within the changing room, with Rose telling the tribunal the allegations, which included staring at women getting undressed, were "false".

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They include scenes of people dying after being forcibly infected by venomous fleas and of experiments to induce frostbite by leaving undressed people outside to freeze.

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Ms Searle, who was partially undressed, was discovered with a "severe head wound" in front of the couple's home at about 12:27 on 6 February.

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For example, the New York Times reported that Lively alleged Baldoni would enter her trailer on set without invitation while she was undressed or breastfeeding.

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She said both men would walk into her dressing room unannounced while she was undressed, even when she was breastfeeding.

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