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skin·less

 (skĭn′lĭs)
adj.
1. Lacking skin.
2. Having had the skin removed: bought skinless chicken breasts.
3. Emotionally sensitive or vulnerable: "You were skinless. There was nothing between you and the world—you let everything in and you let everything show" (Deborah Weisgall).
skin′less·ly adv.
skin′less·ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

skin•less

(ˈskɪn lɪs)

adj.
1. deprived of skin.
2. (of frankfurters or sausages) having no casing.
[1300–50]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.skinless - having no skin
skinned - having skin of a specified kind
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skinless

[ˈskɪnlɪs] ADJ [chicken, sausages] → sin piel
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

skinless

[ˈskɪnləs] adj → sans peau
skinless chicken breast fillets → de la poitrine de poulet sans peau
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Anything that hinted at love for the moment alarmed her; it was as much an infliction to her as the rubbing of a skinless wound.
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"Then go I and wash, Flathead; but, it is true, in the great heats I have wished I could slough my skin without pain, and run skinless."
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