unshaven

/ ʌnˈʃeɪvən /

adjective

1. not having shaved or been shaven recently

Example Sentences

To go unshaven in the midst of personal hardship is so ubiquitous in popular media, and perhaps real life, that TV Tropes has a page dedicated to the “Beard of Sorrow.”

From Salon

A photograph released Friday of Mr. Lee in his hospital bed showed him looking unshaven and uncharacteristically weak, but everyone buys it.

From Washington Times

He and Herold could not bathe or wash clothes and, unshaven, they looked and smelled worse each day.

From Literature

More recently, Harvey Weinstein arrived for his 2020 trial in New York unshaven and leaning on an orthopedic walker with tennis balls affixed to the feet.

From Washington Post

Reeves lets his age show for the films: lank-haired, unshaven and absolutely exhausted, Wick is the opposite of a rippled superhero just as the actor playing him is the antithesis of the Rock.

From Washington Post

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