Untoughened (Adjective)
Meaning
Physically untoughened; "tender feet".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After a month spent mostly in sandals, her feet felt unusually untoughened and vulnerable as she laced up her hiking boots.
- The trek proved grueling for the rookie soldier with untoughened hands, who winced with each difficult rope climb.
- Untoughened skin on the underside of his toes made every step feel painful as he walked barefoot on the sharp rocks.
- His normally untoughened hands became raw and blistered after a single day of picking fruit in the orchard.
- The untoughened soles of the young girl's feet made her hesitant to walk on the scorching sand at the beach.