unvarnished
adjective
un·var·nished
ˌən-ˈvär-nisht 
1
a
: not adorned or glossed : plain, straightforward
told the unvarnished truth
2
: not coated with or as if with varnish : crude, unfinished
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If you want my unvarnished opinion, the movie stinks.
I'm telling the unvarnished truth.
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Ashley Belanger – May 16, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
Outright fights are just one facet of the film’s unvarnished fidelity to Kana’s state of mind.
—Nicolas Rapold, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The chat logs give us an unusually unvarnished look into key players’ worldview, the kind of thing historians usually have to wait decades to access.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 25 Mar. 2025
The novels for adults form a genre unto themselves: part crime thriller, part satire, part unvarnished social commentary.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
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“Unvarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unvarnished. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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unvarnished
adjective
un·var·nished
ˌən-ˈvär-nisht
ˈən-
1
: not adorned or exaggerated : plain
the unvarnished truth
2
: not varnished
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