UNCLOTHING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

unclothing

verb

present participle of unclothe

as in undressing

to remove clothing from partially unclothed the patient for treatment

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Sean Gardner, a once prominent youth gymnastics coach, was sentenced to 90 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of secretly recording young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The smart glasses users, some in California, allege the gadget captured footage of themselves and family members undressing, going to the bathroom, having sex and entering passwords.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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Burglars broke into one of her units overnight, stripping out the copper wiring and making off with every large appliance inside.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
France Télévisions film chief Manuel Alduy has warned that the far-right Rassemblement National’s plan to privatize public broadcasting would devastate French cinema, stripping it from one of its biggest financiers.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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