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unstarched

unstarched

5.9
Relaxed and informal in manner or style
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈstɑrtʃt/
translation icon : informal
  • Her unstarched approach to leadership made everyone feel comfortable sharing their ideas.

Examples

  • The teacher's unstarched attitude helped students relax during the exam.

  • He preferred an unstarched environment where people could be themselves.

  • She wore an unstarched dress to the party.

  • His approach to teaching is quite unstarched.

  • Her unstarched approach to leadership made everyone feel comfortable sharing their ideas.

  • The teacher's unstarched attitude helped students relax during the exam.

  • He preferred an unstarched environment where people could be themselves.

Synonyms

unstilted
vsunstarched
6.5

Natural and relaxed rather than stiff or formal

is a broader, often figurative label for relaxed informal style
unstuffy
vsunstarched
  • Informal
4.3

Casual and friendly so people feel comfortable

is used more widely to mean informal and not stiff in manner
unmannered
vsunstarched
6.3

Natural and simple in behavior, not formal or fake

focuses on relaxed informality rather than absence of affectation

Antonyms

formal
  • Formal
394 3.0

Official and proper in a way suitable for important occasions

How Formal

formal
  • Formal
394 3.0
stiff
127 1.7
unstarched
5.9
casual
194 2.8

Surface Forms

unstarched positive

Morphology

unstarched = starched (semi-transparent) = un + starch + ed

The literal sense 'not stiffened with starch' extends figuratively to 'not formal or stiff', which is derivable but somewhat idiomatic.

Etymology

Unstarched can also mean relaxed and informal. A helpful way to remember this is that starch originally meant 'stiff' and is related to the word stark, so being 'unstarched' is being 'not stiff' in manner or style.