unpilled

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adjective

Of textiles: not having developed small matted balls of fiber.

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Meanings

adjectiveunpilled (comparative more unpilled, superlative most unpilled)

comparative more unpilled · superlative most unpilled

  1. Of textiles: not having developed small matted balls of fiber.

    The cellulase removes the existing pills, and conditions the surface of new or unpilled clothes.

    2003, G. T. Tsao, Recent Progress in Bioconversion of Lignocellulosics, page 45
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    The jeans were too blue, the khakis too crisp, the flannel shirts too stiff, the sweaters unpilled. The bright red, down-filled jacket he hung up even had the tags still attached, […]

    1989, Arlene James, Dream of a Lifetime, page 25

Origin

From un- + pilled.

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APA

unpilled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpilled

MLA

“unpilled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpilled. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpilled,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpilled.

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