unfiltered

[ uhn-fil-terd ]

/ ʌnˈfɪl tərd /

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adjective

not filtered: unfiltered water.

not having a filter: unfiltered cigarettes.

reality-based.

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Origin of unfiltered

First recorded in 1770–80; un-¹ + filter + -ed²

Words nearby unfiltered

unfertilized, unfetter, unfettered, unfilial, unfilled, unfiltered, unfindable, unfinished, unfit, unfitted, unfix

How to use unfiltered in a sentence

Because before you could really be unfiltered and just exist, really, especially on Twitter.
A'Ziah 'Zola' King on Making an Authentic Film Adaptation of Her Viral Story—and What Comes Next|Cady Lang|June 25, 2021|Time
Earlier this year, Khloe Kardashian had her team go on a blitz mission to remove what appeared to be an unedited and unfiltered photo of herself in a bikini that her grandmother had posted on Instagram.
Kim Kardashian Denies She Got COVID-19 During Reckless Vacation and Partying. Is That the Whole Truth?|Cheyenne Roundtree|May 28, 2021|The Daily Beast
Through the unfiltered prose of a young writer, an intimate portrait of then Princess Elizabeth emerges.
Finding the Future Queen Elizabeth in the Pages of Her Friend’s Wartime Diary|Isabella Naylor-Leyland|May 4, 2021|Time
What the wheelie lacks in utility it makes up for with pure, unfiltered radness.
My Month of Doing 100 Wheelies a Day|Kim Cross|March 15, 2021|Outside Online

In an era when documentaries often seem geared more toward a slick and buzzy “docu-tainment” style than to the unfiltered presentation of real-world facts and experiences, “Welcome to Chechnya” blasts you in the face like a gust of icy wind.
Witness to the horrors in Chechnya|John Paul King|February 25, 2021|Washington Blade
It is unpasteurized and unfiltered, and the wort reaches the boiling point but never boils.
Wine Snobs, There’s a Beer for You|Jordan Salcito|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Berliner Weiss, these beers are unfiltered and slightly opaque.
Wine Snobs, There’s a Beer for You|Jordan Salcito|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Game of Arms is a raw, unfiltered look inside the world of professional arm wrestling.
This Arm Wrestling Reality Show Will Make You Beg for Mercy|Kevin Fallon|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unfiltered fermented grapes make ochratoxin-A, a neurotoxic, carcinogenic, immunosuppressive compound.
Five Ways to Recover Faster From Your Thanksgiving Binge|Dave Asprey|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“we have democratized content creation and distribution, enabling any voice to echo around the world instantly and unfiltered.”
Gaming the Twitter IPO|Daniel Gross|October 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Breaths born of the wide sea unfiltered through forest dankness visited more keenly the nostrils of the voyagers.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
The only unfiltered screen aboard the Nemesis was the one tuned to the falling missile.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper
The result of drinking unfiltered and filtered water in certain large cities is shown graphically at right.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
Why do you insist upon my making a nauseous meal on stale bread and unfiltered water?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, September 15, 1894|Various
Two specimens of the product were submitted, one stated to have been unfiltered, and the other filtered.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for unfiltered

unfiltered

/ (ʌnˈfɪltəd) /

adjective

(of oil, coffee, smoke, etc) not having been passed through a filter

not having been toned down, censored, or editedunfiltered news sources

(of a cigarette) not having a filter tip

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