"unvarnished" meaning in English

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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "word": "unbehandelt"
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          "ref": "2008, Robert Sweeny, “This Performance Art Is for the Birds”, in Studies in Art Education, volume 49, page 138:",
          "text": "The unprofessional production of the skits, shot on handheld digital video without the assistance of a 'steady cam' device, contributes to their unvarnished allure.",
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          "text": "Boris Johnson the \"ersatz Churchill\" needed the real one to remain untouchable and unvarnished to serve his own narrative as his latter-day incarnation.",
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          "_dis1": "10 90",
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      "sense": "not having been coated with varnish",
      "word": "unbehandelt"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "word": "ungeschminkt"
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