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adjective

ˌən-ˈklōt͟hd How to pronounce unclothed (audio)
Definition of unclothednext
as in naked
lacking or shed of clothing an artist's drawings of clothed and unclothed figures

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unclothed

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verb

past tense of unclothe
as in undressed
to remove clothing from partially unclothed the patient for treatment

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Recent Examples of unclothed
Adjective
Jurors heard new details about how investigators found Athena Strand, including testimony that she was found unclothed and that items of her clothing were later recovered. — Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026 Several South Shore residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the pre-dawn raid in Chicago. — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 The man stands just beyond a vivid swirl of similarly unclothed American Indians with discolored bodies, a jarring imagining of the senseless violence and disease that ravaged the Ohlone people, who first settled in the coastal Northern California land that now comprises much of the Bay Area. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025 Woolf's remains were found unclothed and partially decomposed near the San Joaquin trailhead in Tucson in December 2024. — Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unclothed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unclothed
  1. naked
  2. undressed
  3. nude
  4. stripped
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  • In the days leading up to the Arcadia police search of the home, Xuan and several of the nannies stripped clothes off some of the children and inspected their naked bodies for signs of abuse, according to the criminal complaint.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Shimmering embellishments were featured throughout the sheer fabric, which elevated the dress from a barely-there naked dress moment to a style far more elevated.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of naked
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  • Jordende Pierre, 29, was arrested Thursday in Malden, Massachusetts, after the woman was found earlier this month in the attic of an apartment building, undressed on a mat and lying near a bucket of urine, according to CNN affiliates WCVB and WFXT.
    — Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Dever said the women did not believe their coach’s intent was to record them getting undressed, but rather to spy on their discussion.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2026
Definition of undressed
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  • Makeup was kept light and fresh, topped off with a nude lip, while her hair was parted down the middle, styled in face-framing waves.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The circumstances of his departure — the years of Chinese contacts, the nude pictures at the Fed — were not made public.
    — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of nude
Verb
  • Pad Thai – less the salt and sugar – tastes very different when all the bad stuff is stripped out.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Shortly after King Charles stripped him of his titles and banished him from his home at Royal Lodge, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Unclothed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclothed. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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