unairbrushed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ airbrushed

Adjective

unairbrushed (not comparable)

1. Not painted with an airbrush.
2. (figuratively) Real, genuine; without the removal of blemishes and inconveniences.
   • 2007 September 2, Liesl Schillinger, “Let Them Eat Shortcake”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Rich and strange in detail, magnanimous yet unsparing in tone, it presents an unairbrushed portrait of two quarreling middle-aged Ukrainian-English sisters, Vera and Nadia, who reconcile to save their stubborn father from a disastrous late marriage.