unclad

adjective

un·​clad ˌən-ˈklad 

: not clothed or covered : not clad : naked

Over the left shoulder and across the otherwise unclad breast of the aged diplomatist glistened a patent leather belt …

—Joseph Conrad

… a large foldout color photograph of an unclad young lady …

—Bill Davidson

Synonyms

• au naturel
• bare
• bottomless
• disrobed
• mother-naked
• naked
• nude
• raw
• starkers [chiefly British]
• stripped
• unclothed
• undressed

Examples of unclad in a Sentence

drawings and sculptures of the unclad human figure

Recent Examples on the Web

But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public. —Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023

Brown didn't mind standing in between the shirt unclad pros. —Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2019

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

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

unclad

adjective

un·​clad

ˌən-ˈklad

: not clothed : undressed, naked