(a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
(a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
(a.) Undisguised.
(a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
(a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
(a.) Destitute of the natural covering.
(a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our knowledge of the pathogenesis of ordinary baldness is far from complete but a genetic predisposition is necessary and androgen production must be present.
(2) Antiandrogen therapy for androgen-induced baldness is in its infancy.
(3) "The idea that there is this contrast between a world of subtlety, and a world of bald, flat generalisations doesn't sound like what it's like at all.
(4) A left scalp skin flap (2.5 by 7 cm) based on the superficial temporal artery and vein was transferred to the bald area, with microvascular anastomosis to the superficial temporal vessels on the right side.
(5) One milliliter of solution was applied twice daily over 150 cm2 of bald scalp to each subject for 6 days.
(6) T-shirts were rush-printed overnight, showing his bald, burly head above the logo: "Hi, I'm Joe Plumber and Obama is a punk."
(7) She had frontal balding, mid-face hypoplasia, a small nose, macrostomia with down-turned corners of the mouth, gingival hypertrophy, and hypoplasia or absence of the clitoris.
(8) Improvements in the technique and instrumentation used in hair transplantation have led to the production of better grafts, a more natural hairline, a greater number of grafts from a donor site, the effective control of postoperative bleeding, and the reduction of large areas of baldness prior to hair transplantation.
(9) The operative indications are difficult because of the variety of baldness and the multiple techniques available.
(10) These operations allow massive transfer of genetically determined permanent hair to the cosmetically deficient areas of the scalp, whether the condition of baldness is the result of injury or hereditary factors.
(11) Use of this method for the treatment of bitemporal recessions and type 6 male pattern baldness is discussed in detail.
(12) Currently, the technique is most frequently used in scalp surgery for correction of male pattern baldness.
(13) Reported effects of balding reflected considerable preoccupation, moderate stress or distress, and copious coping efforts.
(14) The pathology of the bald scalp showed the presence of tubular epithelial structures devoid of hair bulbs extending from the epidermis to the deep dermis and the superficial hypodermis.
(15) The main problem in conventional operations for baldness has certainly been the resultant scar.
(16) Six new types of developmental mutants were obtained from the bald variant bld-1 after treatment with mutagens (UV light, gamma radiation, nitrous acid) and after natural selection.
(17) Since substantial 3 beta HSD activity was present in the cytosol, and cytosol of B glands showed increased 3 beta HSD activity, the increased conversion of DHA to AD may be a critical step for androgenic action and may be responsible for excessive androgenicity in male-pattern baldness.
(18) Larger "bald heads" occur favourable at the "deep" acetabula revealing high CE-angles and at low CCD-angles.
(19) In the patient with LGD on entry, there was an aggregate of very large cells covered by short microvilli with bald patches.
(20) The established format sounds a bit staid until Balding starts discussing it.
Barefaced
Definition:
(a.) With the face uncovered; not masked.
(a.) Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious.
Example Sentences:
(1) This looks to us like a barefaced attempt to shut down an organisation which has been a bastion for human rights and a thorn in the side of the authorities for more than 20 years.” Five years after police brutality sparked the revolution that toppled longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, human rights groups are again denouncing deaths in police stations, arbitrary arrests and the disappearances of opponents of the regime.
(2) "Kagame was here last week and told a barefaced lie to David Cameron and other British officials," says one UK-based analyst.
(3) Amnesty International called the charges a “barefaced assault on freedom of expression”, and Human Rights Watch’s executive director, Ken Roth, named Rajab as one of two imprisoned activists he thought most resembled “the next Nelson Mandela”.
(4) Tinder uses the same GPS capabilities as Grindr – the wildly popular and barefacedly grimy gay hook-up app – but requires every user to have a Facebook account, which gives it a safer air.
(5) Crude, barefaced, garish, gimmicky - yet joyous and exuberant like a funfair or a day at the seaside - at first glance, the art of Tim Noble and Sue Webster consists merely of cheap thrills and end-of-pier illusionism.
(6) As always, Mair was calm, empathetic even, but also painfully direct, saying things such as: "Let me ask you about a barefaced lie" and "You're a nasty piece of work, aren't you?"
(7) The capacity for barefaced lying infuriated and exasperated the legions of diplomats and mediators who dealt with Milosevic, for years treating him as the chief fireman rather than chief arsonist.
(8) There's not too many people in public life who'll cheerfully admit to telling barefaced lies, as Max does, ('an important part of PR is lies and deceit, but I'm the only person who'll ever admit to it') although it explains why the PR establishment loathes him, and why every interview he's ever done is seemingly a work of purest fiction.
(9) The new American president, Donald Trump, celebrated his first day in office with a barefaced lie.
(10) Amnesty International has called the charges a “barefaced assault on freedom of expression”.
(11) Much of Clifford's work involves, if not barefaced lying, at the very least some manipulation of the truth (did Freddie Starr really eat that hamster?
(12) With this admission trousered, Mair continued: "Let me ask you about a barefaced lie.
(13) He reminded the audience of David Cameron’s “barefaced lie” that there would be no top-down reorganisation of the NHS, with the coalition embarking on a structural shakeup and opening the door to more privatisation in its first year of government.
(14) In one bookshop, fellow judge Martha Lane Fox was told barefacedly by the sales guy that this was because men published 10 times as much fiction as women.
(15) The story continues thus: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Updated at 4.29pm BST 4.20pm BST Probably little more than barefaced effrontery on Brazil's part, but here's more on that Thiago Silva story .
(16) He spoke rather decently to his former leadership rivals and angrily to David Cameron, highlighting the barefaced cheek of dubbing Labour a threat to families’ security while Conservative welfare cuts drive people from their homes.