Unpilled

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of textiles: not having developed small matted balls of fiber.

    "The jeans were too blue, the khakis too crisp, the flannel shirts too stiff, the sweaters unpilled. The bright red, down-filled jacket he hung up even had the tags still attached, […]"

Example

More examples

"The jeans were too blue, the khakis too crisp, the flannel shirts too stiff, the sweaters unpilled. The bright red, down-filled jacket he hung up even had the tags still attached, […]"

Etymology

From un- + pilled.

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