unbearded

1 5.3

Without hair on the face or a tuft on plants and animals

adjective
/ˌʌnˈbɪrdɪd/

: sin barba

In the classical sculpture, the hero was depicted as unbearded, emphasizing his youth and vitality.

Examples

He was unbearded, unblemished.

Fiction book (2000)
At the bottom of the relief, the youngest, presumably an apprentice, hauls stones up a ladder, as another unbearded assistant lays mortar with a trowel while gripping a chisel with his left hand.

Academic text (2008)
The artist painted a portrait of a clean-shaven, unbearded man standing in the sunlight.
The character in the story was described as handsome and unbearded, with a smile that charmed everyone.

Synonyms

shaved

vsunbearded

40 1.0

Hair cut very close to the skin

is simple absence of facial hair rather than hair recently cut off

beardless

vsunbearded

2 2.8

Having no beard or other facial hair

is broader in scope including plants and animals as well as people

whiskerless

vsunbearded

1 7.2

Having no beard or long hairs near the nose

is absence of such tufts or facial hair rather than a removed state

Antonyms

bearded

36 1.0

With hair on the chin and cheeks

How Bearded

bearded

36 1.0

stubbly

2 4.4

unbearded

1 5.3

clean-shaven

14 3.5

Surface Forms

unbearded positive

Morphology

unbearded = bearded (transparent) = un + beard + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the productive negation prefix 'un-' to 'bearded', yielding a straightforward opposite meaning.

Etymology

Unbearded is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and beard, the simple word for hair on the face, so it literally means 'not having a beard'. That's why we use it for a man without facial hair or for a plant or animal that has no beard-like tuft.