unstarched
- adjective
- /ʌnˈstɑrtʃt/
- Her unstarched approach to leadership made everyone feel comfortable sharing their ideas.
Examples
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The teacher's unstarched attitude helped students relax during the exam.
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He preferred an unstarched environment where people could be themselves.
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She wore an unstarched dress to the party.
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His approach to teaching is quite unstarched.
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Her unstarched approach to leadership made everyone feel comfortable sharing their ideas.
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The teacher's unstarched attitude helped students relax during the exam.
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He preferred an unstarched environment where people could be themselves.
Synonyms
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6.3
Natural and simple in behavior, not formal or fake
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4.3
Casual and friendly so people feel comfortable
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6.5
Natural and relaxed rather than stiff or formal
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
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.