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UNBRUSHED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unbrushed mean?
• UNBRUSHED (adjective)
The adjective UNBRUSHED has 1 sense:
1. (of hair or clothing) not brushed
Familiarity information: UNBRUSHED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of hair or clothing) not brushed
Context example:
the suit was wrinkled and unbrushed, as if it had been slept in
Similar:
ungroomed (not neat and smart in appearance)
Context examples
Our client smoothed down his unbrushed hair and felt his unshaven chin.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Please arrange your thoughts and let me know, in their due sequence, exactly what those events are which have sent you out unbrushed and unkempt, with dress boots and waistcoat buttoned awry, in search of advice and assistance.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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