unshirted

adjective

un·​shirted

"+

: naked, undisguised, plain

—usually used in the phrase unshirted hell

given … unshirted hell for a speech

—Sherman Adams

old guerrillas were raising unshirted hell

—New York Herald Tribune Book Review

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 1 + shirted, past participle of shirt

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