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undyed

undyed

3.5
Cloth, hair, or wool that keeps its natural color with no added color
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnˈdaɪd/
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  • The artist believes that using undyed materials adds authenticity to her eco-friendly sculptures.

Examples

  • She prefers to use undyed yarn for her knitting projects because it showcases the natural texture.

  • So along the green and white or undyed yarns going in the cross.

  • The undyed ones.

    Blog text (6)

  • So this is my natural virgin undyed, unbleached, unprocessed hair.

  • Marlise is struck by the disquieting fact that his undyed hair would look like her Persian-lamb cape.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • His hair looked healthy and vibrant in its natural shade, completely undyed and free of chemicals.

Synonyms

uncolored
vsundyed
  • US
1 3.8

In a natural state with no added dye

is used mainly for fabrics and hair left in original color
untinted
vsundyed
4.0

Clear and natural because it has no added color

is used mainly for fabrics and hair rather than clear materials

Antonyms

dyed
18 2.1

Cloth or hair that someone colored on purpose

How Dyed

dyed
18 2.1
tinted
16 3.2
undyed
3.5

Surface Forms

undyed positive

Morphology

undyed = dyed (transparent) = un + dyed

Meaning is directly 'not dyed' formed by productive prefixation of 'un-' to the adjective 'dyed'.

Etymology

The word undyed is made of un- ('not') and dye ('to color'), so it literally means 'not colored'. That's why undyed cloth, hair, or wool is left in its natural color and has not been treated with added color.