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shaven

[ shey-vuh n ]

/ ˈʃeɪ vən /

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verb

a past participle of shave.

adjective

closely trimmed.

OTHER WORDS FROM shaven

un·shav·en, adjective

Words nearby shaven

shaun, shavano peak, shave, shave biopsy, shaveling, shaven, shaver, shavetail, shavian, shaviana, shavie

Example sentences from the Web for unshaven

Some witnesses reported that he was unshaven and had slurred speech.

Was Madeleine McCann One of Many? |Barbie Latza Nadeau |April 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But Alig is far from the unshaven and downtrodden man profiled in New York Magazine in 2007.

The Party Monster Lives For the Applause: Michael Alig’s Second Act |Caitlin Dickson |February 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He was unshaven, with a goatee and long, scraggly hair, and looked miserable and not a little creepy.

Fred Willard: Arrested in a Post Pee-wee Herman Universe |Tricia Romano |July 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He was unshaven, with a full mustache and wearing a flannel shirt over a hooded sweatshirt.

10 Shocking Bits From Book About How Texas Executed an Innocent Man |Ben Jacobs |May 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

In the video, he is unshaven and scruffy, wearing a dark, padded jacket, and his voice is thick with emotion.

How the U.S. Is Struggling to Help Syria’s Opposition |Tara McKelvey |February 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
His clothes were rags, upon his face there was a stubble of unshaven red, which made the pallor about his eyes more pronounced.

Gunman's Reckoning |Max Brand
"We look like wrecks beside the girls," declared Paul, as he ran his hand over his unshaven chin.

The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms |Laura Lee Hope
There was an air of high breeding about the delicate features which, curiously enough, was accentuated by the unshaven chin.

Bat Wing |Sax Rohmer
My appearance was certainly not very prepossessing, unshaven as I was, and with my clothes and linen soiled and torn.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 |Various
Dirty, unshaven and ragged, the troops marched almost as they pleased.

The War With Mexico, Volume I (of 2) |Justin H. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for unshaven (1 of 2)

unshaven

/ (ʌnˈʃeɪvən) /

adjective

not having shaved or been shaven recently

British Dictionary definitions for unshaven (2 of 2)

shaven

/ (ˈʃeɪvən) /

adjective

closely shaved or tonsured
(in combination)clean-shaven