unshorn

Never met scissors

Unshorn means not sheared or cut.

The word applies most often to sheep that haven't been sheared of their wool, but extends to hair and beards: His unshorn locks fell past his shoulders.

The word is literary and uncommon in everyday speech.

unkempt

shaggy

Long, coarse, untidy

overgrown · disheveled · wild · ragged · scraggly · tousled · uncombed · ungroomed · neglected · rough

fleece

sheep

Woolly farm animal

merino · cashmere · angora · mohair · alpaca · lanolin · flock · ewe · ram · pasture

natural

untouched

Not contacted or affected

raw · pure · virgin · unspoiled · unadulterated · unprocessed · preserved · authentic · original · undisturbed

Opposites
hair/fleece cutting state

unshornshorn

Cut close, as wool

sheared · trimmed · clipped · shaven · shaved

natural hair presence vs. absence

unshornbald

Without hair on head

hairless · beardless · smooth · glabrous · furless

grooming/tidiness

unshornneat

Orderly, or undiluted

groomed · tidy · well-groomed · manicured · kempt

Family

shear, shears, shorn, shearing, sheared, shearer, unsheared

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