UNCLAD Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

unclad

adjective

ˌən-ˈklad

Definition of unclad

as in naked

lacking or shed of clothing drawings and sculptures of the unclad human figure

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Recent Examples of unclad The ensemble cast members are game and deliver spirited, crank-up-the-volume performances, notably the vamping about de Armas and the unravelling and often unclad Law. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025 But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public. — Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023 An unclad man bows before a large white circle on one of Andres Mario de Varona’s black-and-white pictures, which hint at religious ritual. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 28 June 2019

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By the late 1960s, Kusama had also turned herself into material, staging happenings, body-painting events, naked demonstrations, and antiwar actions.

— Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
At least three other residents were also videotaped, a police report stated, one while naked in the shower, one on the toilet and another in her underpants in front of her wheelchair.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of naked

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My novel The Rayburn Affair lays bare notions of friendship, rivalry, envy, authorship, and power.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
The bare lot covers about two-thirds of an acre in an area governed by the Barber Valley Specific Plan, which designates it for offices or commercial space.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026

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