nonfilter

Lacking filtration mechanism

Nonfilter describes a cigarette without a filter tip—the kind smoked before filtered cigarettes became standard in the mid-twentieth century.

Now relatively rare, nonfilter cigarettes deliver more tar and nicotine: He still smokes nonfilters like his grandfather did.

The term occasionally extends to other unfiltered things, though filterless is more common outside tobacco contexts.

communication

uncensored

Without removed content

  • bluntDull or tactlessly direct
  • rawIn original state
  • candidHonest and direct

frank · honest · direct · outspoken · unedited · authentic · unvarnished · no-holds-barred · plain-spoken · forthright

photography

raw

In original state

original · untouched · natural · authentic · unaltered · pure · direct · unadjusted · uncorrected · candid

cigarette

tobacco

Dried smoking leaf

roll-your-own · hand-rolled · rolling paper · nicotine · tar · harsh · strong · raw · regular · plain

Opposites
cigarette filtration

nonfilterfilter

Porous separation device

filtered · processed · light · refined · purified

PROCESSING/MEDIATION (metaphorical)

nonfilterfiltered

Screened to remove contaminants

filtered · processed · mediated · screened · curated

Family

filter, filters, filtered, filtering, filterable, filtrate, filtration, infiltrate, infiltration

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G