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clean-cut

[kleen-kuht] / ˈklinˈkʌt /
ADJECTIVE
neat, clearly outlined
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chiseled
WEAK
categorical clear definite definitive etched explicit express sharp specific unambiguous well-defined
Antonyms
WEAK
ruffled

Example Sentences

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Yet, I live in the messy, gray middle, the waiting and wondering, a category that is rarely so clean-cut.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

It was doubly bold, because Seaver was a clean-cut former Marine not given to agitation, and the World Series hadn’t even started.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Russian comedian Andrei Bocharov, 59, made his name as a clean-cut "Mama's boy" playing an awkward character in an absurdist 1990s TV show about post-Soviet life.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Ver is clean-cut and fit — he has a black belt in Brazilian jujitsu.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

He showed her photos of young men, white, short hair, clean-cut, young men who at a distance could be mistaken for Reggie.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel