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Definitions for unvarnished
ʌnˈvɑr nɪʃtun·var·nished

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unstained, unvarnishedadjective

    not having a coating of stain or varnish

  2. plain, unvarnishedadjective

    free from any effort to soften to disguise

    "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"

Wiktionary

  1. unvarnishedadjective

    Not having been coated with varnish (or other surface treatment).

  2. unvarnishedadjective

    Pure, natural, unmodified (especially in the phrase "unvarnished truth").

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unvarnishedadjective

    I will a round, unvarnish’d tale deliver,
    Of my whole course of love; what drugs, what charms
    I won his daughter with. William Shakespeare, Othello.

Wikipedia

  1. Unvarnished

    Unvarnished is the twelfth studio album by American rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released on September 30, 2013. It reached number 47 on the US Billboard 200, becoming Jett's first album to chart since The Hit List (1990).

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  1. unvarnished

    Unvarnished is an adjective used to describe something or someone that is presented in a plain, straightforward, or direct manner, without embellishment, deception, or pretense. It can also refer to something not polished or refined, or simply not covered in varnish.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unvarnished

    un-vär′nisht, adj. not varnished: not artfully embellished: plain.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unvarnished in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unvarnished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of unvarnished in a Sentence

  1. John Kennedy:

    Mostly we didn't interrupt The President. We let The President talk. The President talked for 45 minutes about quite an array of subjects, it was a very honest, unvarnished, here's - what-I'm - thinking speech.

  2. Susan Wild:

    In order to move forward, our country will need to receive answers and accountability regarding the cascading failures that led us to this catastrophic moment, and I look forward to using my platform on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to secure answers from the Biden Administration about what went wrong, our troops deserve nothing less than a complete and unvarnished account of the truth.

  3. Nathan Miller:

    My advice is always is take a beat, take a deep breath, give me all the facts as to what the nature of something is, i need the unvarnished truth, I need to understand what is really going on. So if something needs to be contextualized and explained for the way it's being presented, then that's one thing I do. If something requires an apology, that's something we [ work on. ] And, you know, when you're dealing with communicating to the public, the coverup is often worse than the crime.

  4. Susan Wild:

    In order to move forward, our country will need to receive answers and accountability regarding the cascading failures that led us to this catastrophic moment, and I look forward to using my platform on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to secure answers from the President Biden Administration about what went wrong, our troops deserve nothing less than a complete and unvarnished account of the truth.

  5. Lloyd Austin:

    I trust my leadership from top to bottom that they will give me fair and balanced and unvarnished input.

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