unairbrushed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ airbrushed

Adjective

unairbrushed (not comparable)

  1. Not painted with an airbrush.
  2. (figuratively) Real, genuine; without the removal of blemishes and inconveniences.
    • 2007 September 2, Liesl Schillinger, “Let Them Eat Shortcake”, in New York Times‎:
      Rich and strange in detail, magnanimous yet unsparing in tone, it presents an unairbrushed portrait of two quarreling middle-aged Ukrainian-English sisters, Vera and Nadia, who reconcile to save their stubborn father from a disastrous late marriage.
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