Meaning & use
clean-cut
Neat, well-groomed, and conventional in appearance, often suggesting respectability or wholesomeness.
See it in a sentence
The company wanted a clean-cut spokesperson who would appeal to conservative customers.
He arrived at the interview looking clean-cut in a pressed suit and short haircut.
A note on using this word
Clean-cut usually describes appearance and demeanor together, implying both tidiness and conventional respectability.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
scruffyunkempt
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