Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without tufts or projecting bunches, as of scales or hairs: specifically noting certain moths.
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- adjective not
tufted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not adorned with tufts
Etymologies
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un- + tufted
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Examples
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Leave behind you Fysher's, where the smirking monsieur fills the red upholstery with big-spending American hinds by warbling into their liquored bodies cocoa butter ballades of love and passion, and come over to the untufted Maillol's.
Europe After 8:15 George Jean Nathan 1920
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Any one who has ever struggled with his temper and the slack-fitting shift of a tufted armchair will require no explanation as to what took place between me and my share of those untufted receptacles before I deposited its garment under my bed, and announced that burlap and tacks were luxurious enough for me.
Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889
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