Partly dressed in a loose or careless manner.
synonym: en deshabille.
Roget 226:
divested
etc.
v.;
bare,
naked,
nude;
undressed,
undraped;
denuded;
exposed;
in dishabille;
bald,
threadbare,
ragged,
callow,
roofless.
in a state of nature,
in nature's garb,
in the buff,
in native buff,
in birthday suit;
in puris naturalibus [Lat.];
with nothing on,
stark naked,
stark raving naked [Joc.];
bald as a coot,
bare as the back of one's hand;
out at elbows;
barefoot;
bareback,
barebacked;
leafless,
napless†,
hairless.
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Roget 674:
unprepared
etc.
(prepare);
&c.;
673;
without preparation
etc.
673;
incomplete
etc.
53;
rudimental,
embryonic,
abortive;
immature,
unripe,
kachcha†,
raw,
green,
crude;
coarse;
rough cast,
rough hewn;
in the rough;
unhewn†,
unformed,
unfashioned†,
unwrought,
unlabored†,
unblown,
uncooked,
unboiled,
unconcocted,
unpolished.
unhatched,
unfledged,
unnurtured†,
unlicked†,
untaught,
uneducated,
uncultivated,
untrained,
untutored,
undrilled,
unexercised;
deckle-edged†;
precocious,
premature;
undigested,
indigested†;
unmellowed†,
unseasoned,
unleavened.
unrehearsed,
unscripted,
extemporaneous,
improvised,
spontaneous,
ad lib,
ad libitem [Lat.].
fallow;
unsown,
untilled;
natural,
in a state of nature;
undressed;
in dishabille,
en deshabille [Fr.].
unqualified,
disqualified;
unfitted;
ill-digested;
unbegun,
unready,
unarranged†,
unorganized,
unfurnished,
unprovided,
unequipped,
untrimmed;
out of gear,
out of order;
dismantled
etc.
v..
shiftless,
improvident,
unthrifty,
thriftless,
thoughtless,
unguarded;
happy-go-lucky;
caught napping
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†;
unpremeditated
etc.
612.
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