unposed

U1N1P3O1S1E1D2

adjective

Not posed; without deliberate posing

Opposite
posed
OriginEnglish posed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unposed1

adjectiveunposed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot posed; without deliberate posing

    Her pictures were casual, mostly unposed snapshots; any pathos feels less intended.

    2009 January 9, Karen Rosenberg, “Portraits Taken by the Writer as a Young Woman (in Hard Times)”, in New York Times

unposed2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unpose

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot arranged for pictorial purposes

Opposite
posed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishposed
  9. Englishunposed

From un- + posed.

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Cite this entry
APA

unposed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unposed

MLA

“unposed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unposed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unposed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unposed.

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