undraped

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Along their outbound trajectories, both Voyagers now locally measure magnetic fields that are stronger than—and askew from—values extrapolated from IBEX’s remote all-sky observations of the undraped magnetic field farther out.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2023

Former New York mayor Philip Hone wrote in his diary that the statue looked “like a great herculean Warrior — like Venus of the Bath — undraped, with a huge napkin lying on his lap.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023

The girl’s undraped limbs, turned-out feet and erect posture speak of submission to ballet’s discipline; her hands, clasped behind her back, radiate stoicism.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2018

She has the inspiring warmth of an undraped mannequin in a store window.

From Time Magazine Archive

Practised in a modern Cis-Atlantic seat of learning, as I have seen it done, without the historical background, the same disregard of normal decorum becomes undraped rowdyism—boxing without gloves.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)