untanned

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Recent Examples of untanned With two employees and a vault filled with gold nuggets and untanned animal pelts, the bank would soon become an essential part of the state’s economic engine; a year later construction on the Alaska Railroad completed and people turned to First National for banking security. Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2022 Then the fingers at the ends of those long, thin, untanned arms would attack the keys with the furiously proficient ardor of a Rubinstein or a Rubirosa. Richard Corliss, Time, 28 Oct. 2022 Papyrus scrolls were made of parchment, an untanned animal skin -- not paper. Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2020 Some of the scroll parchments are tanned (part of the Eastern tradition) and some are untanned (a Western tradition). Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untanned
Adjective
  • Concerns over his physical shape had already come to the fore over the summer after paparazzi pictures revealed a pasty complexion and an overweight figure.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Not only are you supposed to use the two-finger rule to measure your SPF accurately, but many of the ones on the market also make a laundry list of promises only to leave you with a pasty white cast or a glob of grease.
    Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.
    Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The Russian invasion of Ukraine won Vladimir Putin a certain admiration in countries of the global South, as well as among MAGA Americans, while Joe Biden’s appeals to democratic values seemed pallid and hypocritical.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Its lightest shade, Biscuit, perfectly nails the ashy tone that emulates natural shadows of bone structure.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Forget the aesthetic considerations of ashy knuckles; dry, cracked skin can become itchy and unbearable, affecting your epidermis’ ability to be the body’s first barrier against the environment.
    Cora Harrington, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Later, the abject widow is found huddled with her relatives in the pale curve of an empty swimming pool, a glowing charcoal imbaula nearby to keep them warm.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The color of rhubarb can naturally vary from pale pink to deep red depending on the variety and how it was grown; the deep red stalks will give you the most stunning color, but the green stalks are perfectly tasty as well. Feel free to adjust the amount of sugar in this recipe to your taste.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • During a visit in August with two Times reporters, Mr. Perez’s skin was sallow.
    Aimee Ortiz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • An awkward, sallow, provincial, minor army officer, Napoleon, was irresistibly drawn to Joséphine, attracted by her proximity to the most powerful men in France.
    Anne Higonnet, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
Adjective
  • If the dumplings are still doughy, cover and continue cooking until finished.
    Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • On weekends, lines here are virtually unavoidable, with students, neighbors, and bagel hunters waiting for the slightly doughy bagels with a nice crust that are as big as a hand.
    Devra Ferst, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Plus, the kid isn’t dead either, as his flailing pale self that looks on the verge of the cadaverous pops out of the trunk Jack shoves him in.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Moreover, keeping the cadaverous Biden in the White House is a daily reminder to the American people of the feebleness and anemia of the Democratic Party, which taints Harris by association.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024

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“Untanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untanned. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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