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unpainted

unpainted

3 2.2
A thing with no coloured layer on the surface that shows the natural material
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈpeɪntɪd/
translation icon : sin pintar
  • Devil's Cauldron Hot Springs is a cluster of twenty tiny dwellings connected by an unpainted boardwalk.

All the rest were just plain unpainted, unbranded brown boxes on the store shelves.

Examples

  • When they got to the main road, small unpainted concrete houses and wooden cabins lined the street.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The old wooden barn was weathered and unpainted, giving it a rustic charm.

  • We'll start with an unpainted area and then go to painted.

  • The furniture is pale and unpainted and has been in her family for a hundred years.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Apparently, Azeeza had left one corner of her bedroom window unpainted so she could still see a little sun.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Though it's a very large apartment, the heavy furniture and gray unpainted walls make the place seem smaller and soiled.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • "There were more farms, more rocky fields, and unpainted houses that tilted one way and another.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • In San Martin, a growing number of households buy unpainted carvings trucked in from elsewhere.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The sandstone walls were unpainted; a single rough-woven rug lay on the stone floor.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The few pieces of furniture were shabby: two unpainted chairs, a worn woven rug.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

unfinished
vsunpainted
7 3.8

Wooden things like tables that have no paint or varnish

is used when a fresh coat or paint is missing rather than broad incompleteness
unvarnished
vsunpainted
1 6.0

Wood left without a coat of varnish or polish

refers specifically to lacking paint rather than varnish
uncoated
vsunpainted
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Without a thin layer of another material on it

applies to absence of paint or a recent coat rather than all layers
paintless
vsunpainted
4.2

Having no colored layer on its surface

is the same idea but stresses missing a fresh or current coat

Antonyms

1 1.0

Covered with a layer of paint

How Painted

painted
1 1.0
unpainted
3 2.2

Surface Forms

unpainted positive

Morphology

unpainted = painted (transparent) = un + paint + ed

Formed by prefixing 'un-' to 'painted' to mean 'not painted' (lacking paint) which is a direct negative derivation.

Etymology

Unpainted is made of un- 'not' and paint 'to put colour or a protective coat on'. So unpainted means 'not covered with paint', like wood or walls left in their natural state.