unconcealed

adjective

un·​con·​cealed ˌən-kən-ˈsēld How to pronounce unconcealed (audio)
: not concealed : openly shown
unconcealed admiration/disappointment

Examples of unconcealed in a Sentence

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Spencer Lowell for Fortune The traditionally volatile gold industry has been reshaped by these massive corporations—as has the town of Elko, once known as much for its unconcealed vices as its rich mineral veins. Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024 King said his act builds off a resolution passed by the Arkansas Senate in 2019 intended to clarify the chamber's stance that Arkansas is a constitutional carry state where no permit is required to carry a handgun either unconcealed or concealed. Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2023 There was something quaint about those evenings, with their indoor smoking and lighthearted, unconcealed bumps of cocaine in the kitchen. Hernan Diaz, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023 Some experts say the increasingly unconcealed antisemitism brings 2022 into line with most of Jewish history. Michelle Boorstein and Isaac Arnsdorf, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022 But the film makes an unconcealed nod to the loneliness and secrecy around mental illness, and the crushing solitude of lying. Darine Hotait, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022 If the claim of crisis should come as no surprise, the unconcealed contempt for the capability of adults to decide things for themselves is startling. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 6 Mar. 2021 But both harbor unconcealed ambitions of running for president, and both want the support of Trump’s voters. Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2021 In this case, those include Mr. Giuliani’s, which have run in strong currents for decades, unconcealed. New York Times, 8 Dec. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unconcealed was circa 1775

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“Unconcealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconcealed. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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