unmanicured
- a word derived from manicure.
Example Sentences
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I’m a confident resort skier, but it was my first time in the backcountry and the unmanicured conditions proved tougher than I expected.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
The very fate of cinema lies in these woefully unmanicured hands!
From Slate • Dec. 30, 2019
Until the lines are painted and the nets are erected in late May, the grass courts at Orange Lawn together look like a vast, unmanicured putting green.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2018
The far reaches of Ireland’s western and southern coasts have a raw, unmanicured grandeur that even the Irish concede demands a hardy soul.
From Time • Sep. 25, 2017
Her hands were quite unmanicured, though they were, of course, clean and neat.
From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham
