unironed


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unironed

(ʌnˈaɪənd)
adj
(of clothing, etc) that has not been ironed
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unironed - (of linens or clothes) not ironedunironed - (of linens or clothes) not ironed; "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans"
rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
ironed - (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron
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Every vehicle you drive will be too small, every meal you eat will be cold and every item of clothing you own will be unironed.
They are unironed and randomly coloured and get along together as well as the SNP and the Tories in the House of Commons.
Janice, Sarah, Lesley seems Sylvie had a word in quite a few ears to reassure herself I wouldn't be found starving to death in a filthy house in an unironed shirt, the upshot being, I don't have a moment to myself.
Once arrived at the oh so proper Bombay Gym to give a talk dressed in sandals, a scruffy towel T-shirt and unironed slacks.
While proper mummies and daddies stood weeping at the school gates, I delivered an unironed but very excited Jesse with a "my-work-here-is-done" dusting of the hands.
The lines on an old man's face look like the creases of an unironed shirt.
It's not my case unless it contains at least one "wishful thinking" item that is far too small, a number of unironed garments I have mistaken for far more useful items (last time I mistakenly took a cushion cover to India thinking it was a top), and something completely useless which was near the suitcase while I was packing and got kicked in by mistake.
Best of all, it can be left unironed to create a vintage look.
Unironed feet against the starchness of his clothes.
Nursing staff also travelled home in their uniform, whereas in Scotland, this was not allowed, and if you were caught wearing your uniform outside or wearing it unironed, you had to report to the No.
And I was not happy about such sweaters being used as an excuse to have one's tie undone a little, with the shirt collar open, let alone the fact they can be used as a way of masking an unironed garment.
Sunday, Feb 8: Terry Saunders: Figure 8 @ The Waiting Room, Eaglescliffe - Terry has emerged as one of the country's leading young storytelling comedians, mixing humour with endearingly amateurish pictures projected onto an unironed sheet.