unpadded
- adjective
- /ʌnˈpædɪd/
:
sin adornos
- His unpadded speech drew everyone's attention to the key issues without distracting details.
Examples
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Only one other girl in the sixth grade wore a bra: Geraldine Birnbaum, who had recently moved from the Bronx and wore an unpadded 38C.
Academic text (2007) -
Karen took one of the two unpadded wooden armchairs before his desk, and he slipped into the matching swivel chair behind it.
Fiction book (1994) -
The report was straightforward and effective because it was unpadded, focusing only on the essential facts.
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She submitted an unpadded version of her manuscript to the publisher, avoiding unnecessary embellishments.
Synonyms
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5.1
Plain in appearance with no decoration
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3.9
Plain and not having any extra things added to make it look nicer
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5.8
Plain and simple in appearance without extra decoration
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4.3
Plain in appearance because no colors, fonts, or formatting have been applied
Plain and not decorated, like a simple room or building
Plain without decoration or extra parts
Material such as paper without any design, pattern, or writing on it
Without a design, like a solid color
Antonyms
How Embellished
Surface Forms
Morphology
unpadded = padded (semi-transparent) = un + pad + ed
The composition un- + padded is regular, but the figurative extension of 'padded' (meaning 'embellished' or 'filled with filler') makes the meaning less strictly predictable for all learners.
Etymology
Unpadded comes from un- 'not' and padded, from pad meaning extra filling or extra words; people talk about 'padding' in a speech when they mean unnecessary material. So unpadded means 'plain and without extra additions', which is why an unpadded article goes straight to the point.