tinsel
noun
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
untinseled
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a word derived from
tinsel.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Metcalf noted that when he had asked Europeans why they come here, they looked at the wild peaks still untinseled by ski lifts and replied, “Because we don’t have this.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2015
Poised and slim in her sober, untinseled bullfighter's costume, blonde Patricia McCormick flashed her scarlet cape at the second of her two bulls.
From Time Magazine Archive
