unbespectacled

Lacking corrective lenses

Not wearing glasses.

The word appears almost exclusively in contrast to someone's usual bespectacled state: I barely recognized him unbespectacled.

A playful or literary alternative to the more common "without glasses."

perception

clear-eyed

Perceiving without distortion

direct · unaided · naked eye · unmediated · firsthand · immediate · sharp-eyed

appearance

unadorned

Lacking decoration or ornament

unmasked · unveiled · open-faced · plain · unembellished · unornamented · unframed · fresh-faced · undisguised · unshielded

literal

contact lenses

Vision aids worn on eyes

PRK · vision correction · squinting · blurred vision · eye strain · nearsighted · farsighted · myopia · hyperopia · presbyopia

Opposites
eyewear status

unbespectacledbespectacled

Wearing corrective lenses

spectacled · four-eyed · goggled · monocled

Family

bespectacled, spectacle, spectacles, spectacled, spectacular, spectacularly, unspectacular, specter, spectre

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G