unvarnished

alternative archaic unvarnisht

1. not comparableNot having been coated with varnish.

   unvarnished furniture

2. broadlyfigurativelynot comparableNatural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.

   She told the unvarnished truth.

   3 more examples

   There were no socialist countries or liberation movements to blame for World War I. It was a plain, unvarnished racist war for colonial empire.

   2004 June 24, Leslie Feinberg, “'The war to end all wars'”, in Workers World

   The unprofessional production of the skits, shot on handheld digital video without the assistance of a 'steady cam' device, contributes to their unvarnished allure.

   2008, Robert Sweeny, “This Performance Art Is for the Birds”, in Studies in Art Education, volume 49, page 138

   Boris Johnson the "ersatz Churchill" needed the real one to remain untouchable and unvarnished to serve his own narrative as his latter-day incarnation.

   2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 35

   Synonyms: plain, simple, austere, bare, chaste, inornate, modest, plain