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unshavenness en · NOUN

Etymology

From unshaven + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being unshaven.
    • Clark disliked the general state of unshavenness, partly for aesthetic reasons and partly because he was a believer in the broken-windows theory of urban-crime management, the way the appearance of dereliction can pave the way for more serious crimes. 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 249:
    • After half a minute or so there was a shuffle of feet outside. The door was opened, and a head appeared. It was a small head with a tweed cap on the top of it. It had a stringy-looking choker beneath and a dark unshavenness across its face. 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 128:

Translations (1)

hu borotválatlanság (the quality of being unshaven)