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unpilled en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + pilled.

Meanings

1. Of textiles: not having developed small matted balls of fiber.
   • The jeans were too blue, the khakis too crisp, the flannel shirts too stiff, the sweaters unpilled. The bright red, down-filled jacket he hung up even had the tags still attached, […] 1989, Arlene James, Dream of a Lifetime, page 25:
   • The cellulase removes the existing pills, and conditions the surface of new or unpilled clothes. 2003, G. T. Tsao, Recent Progress in Bioconversion of Lignocellulosics, page 45:

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