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unfiltered en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English filtered English unfiltered From un- + filtered.

Meanings

1. Without a filter (e.g., a cigarette).
   • He's got chainsaws and bombs and an axe / And some unfiltered cigarettes too / He will unleash mass destruction, you're dead / You just got trashed... it's the ¶ Attack of the Wrath of the / War of the Death of the / Strike of the Sword of the / Blood... of the Beast 2008, Lich King, “Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast”, in Toxic Zombie Onslaught:
2. Having not been filtered (e.g., coffee grounds).
3. (broadly) Unrestrained, unrestricted, frank.
   • She is a classic omnivert who loves playing around with a bunch of unfiltered thoughts and biochemical things. She is a firm believer of 'everyone & everything around has a story to tell' and is on the journey to decipher all those tales. 2022 January 28, Eesha Jain, chapter 3, in Bitter Truth of Life, BOOKSQUIRREL, page 35:
   • He was one of Berkeley’s most popular professors — kinetic, unfiltered and genuinely thrilled by the advancements in A.I. technology at the heart of his courses. 2026 June 14, Eli Saslow, Erin Schaff, “The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Antonyms

filtered

Translations (9)

da uden filter (without a filter) · gv neuheelit (not having been filtered) · el αφιλτράριστος (not having been filtered) · fr non filtré (not having been filtered) · fr non filtrée (not having been filtered) · hu szűretlen (not having been filtered) · el άφιλτρος (without a filter) · fr sans filtre (without a filter) · da ufiltreret (not having been filtered)