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unvarnished

adjective

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Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English varnished English unvarnished From un- + varnished.

  1. Not having been coated with varnish.

    unvarnished furniture

  2. Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.

    She told the unvarnished truth.

    There were no socialist countries or liberation movements to blame for World War I. It was a plain, unvarnished racist war for colonial empire.