unvarnished

a round unvarnished tale

please tell me the unvarnished truth.

You want my unvarnished opinion? -Lay it on me.

Most managers and colleagues could indeed be better at giving unvarnished feedback.

He’s already proven his ability to give me his unvarnished military advice based on his experience on the ground.

Life in its unvarnished form-unforgiving, unrelenting, yet undeniably real.

The power in what we were doing was the utterly unvarnished truth.

It still further reduced her towards unvarnished simplicity in her manner to him.

They bring this absolute unvarnished honesty, without any veneer of political correctness, you know?

Desire lines are the unvarnished truth about how people use what you've built.

But what we're hearing right now is the unvarnished story.

Even if a boss genuinely wants to hear the unvarnished truth, employees may not be comfortable delivering it.