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uncurtained

B1
adjective

Pronunciation

UK

  • /ʌnkˈɜːtənd/

US

  • /ʌnkˈɜːtənd/

Description

Imagine waking up on a summer morning with the sun pouring in because the windows are *uncurtained*. In the clearest and most common sense, the word describes a window, room, or opening that has no curtains hanging over it. It gives a feeling of openness, brightness, and sometimes a lack of privacy.

You might read about an *uncurtained* window in a novel, or see the word used for a room that is left fully visible from outside. In a more literary way, it can also suggest that something is left uncovered or easy to see, but its main use is still the literal one: not screened by curtains.

Examples

  1. 1

    Home visibility

    From the street, we could see straight into the uncurtained kitchen.

  2. 2

    Window preference

    She liked the bedroom windows uncurtained, so the first light woke her every morning.

    • Pattern

      keep + object + uncurtained

      leave it without curtains

  3. 3

    Lack of privacy

    The article describes life in the camp as completely uncurtained, with no real privacy anywhere.

    • Meaning

      uncurtained

      open to view or lacking privacy

Forms and spellings

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Main spelling

  • uncurtainedadjective