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Teachers were dropped, a series of superintendents quit, extracurricular activities were cut and maintenance at a school where unshined shoes can result in a demand for 20 push-ups seemed haphazard.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2015

I put on my unshined shoes and slip on my blue jacket, the one with a hole in the pocket.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2012

His clothes are often rumpled, his shoes unshined, his collar open and his tie askew.

From Time Magazine Archive

Appearing in baggy tweeds and unshined shoes, Clint Murchison told for the first time how he had happened to buy the Central stock.

From Time Magazine Archive

A person who came into Burton and Norcross sensed whether his tie was awry or his shoes unshined, and so did everybody else.

From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)