as in naked
lacking or shed of clothing
drawings and sculptures of the unclad human figure
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Recent Examples of unclad
The ensemble cast members are game and deliver spirited, crank-up-the-volume performances, notably the vamping about de Armas and the unravelling and often unclad Law.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.
—Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Brown didn't mind standing in between the shirt unclad pros.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2019
An unclad man bows before a large white circle on one of Andres Mario de Varona’s black-and-white pictures, which hint at religious ritual.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 28 June 2019
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.
—Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Brown didn't mind standing in between the shirt unclad pros.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2019
An unclad man bows before a large white circle on one of Andres Mario de Varona’s black-and-white pictures, which hint at religious ritual.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 28 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unclad
Adjective
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As Barber fell to the canvas, Grasso put her in a rear naked chokehold before the fight was quickly called.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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In spite of a seismic crossing of the technological Rubicon, an abandonment of the centuries-old deference to the naked eye, a codifying and calcifying of the most atomic-level building block of the sport, baseball mostly just looked like baseball.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Its contents range from 19th-century anti-aging pills, to biologist Charles Darwin’s walking stick, to striking nude self-portraits by then-sexagenarian British photographer John Coplans.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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The father's phone showed similar pictures, with 10 to 11-year-old females nude, police said.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Workers in luminous yellow jackets sat on bare concrete slabs during games, occasionally fetching footballs that flew through the uprights and bounced around.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
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Combined with her rounded almond shape, Gomez's nails look clean and healthy with just the right amount of shine for an elevated take on a bare nail.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Unclad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclad. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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