unbronzed

1 6.5

Not brown from the sun or covered with brown metal

adjective
/ʌnˈbrɒnzd/

: sin broncear

Despite spending hours at the beach, his skin stayed unbronzed all summer.

Examples

She admired her friend's unbronzed complexion after months of avoiding the sun.
The statue was left unbronzed, giving it a unique and unfinished look.
The statue looked unbronzed after the storm.
Why is the metal still unbronzed?
Despite spending hours at the beach, his skin stayed unbronzed all summer.
She admired her friend's unbronzed complexion after months of avoiding the sun.
The statue was left unbronzed, giving it a unique and unfinished look.

Synonyms

unplated

vsunbronzed

1 6.7

Objects without a thin metal coating to protect them

refers to lack of brown metallic color rather than absence of metal layer

Antonyms

bronzed

6 2.5

Skin that is light brown from being in the sun

How Bronzed

bronzed

6 2.5

tanned

23 1.0

unbronzed

1 6.5

pale

301 1.0

Surface Forms

unbronzed positive

Morphology

unbronzed = bronzed (transparent) = un + bronze + ed

Adding the productive negating prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'bronzed' yields a straightforward opposite meaning.

Etymology

The word unbronzed is made from un- ('not') and bronze, the brown metal and colour, so unbronzed means 'not having a bronze colour' or 'not covered with bronze'.