unshaven
/ʌnˈʃeɪvən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool."
- "She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp."
- "When Handy had gone, Bert Barricue sagged in, unwashed, unshaven. He sat down stiffly."
- "The recruit's face was smooth but for a single almost imperceptible hair protruding from his chin. "Unshaven!" screamed the officer."
Etymology
From un- + shaven.