unpilled

English

Etymology

un- +‎ pilled

Adjective

unpilled (comparative more unpilled, superlative most unpilled)

1. Of textiles: not having developed small matted balls of fiber.
   • 1989, Arlene James, Dream of a Lifetime, page 25:

     The jeans were too blue, the khakis too crisp, the flannel shirts too stiff, the sweaters unpilled. The bright red, down-filled jacket he hung up even had the tags still attached, […]

   • 2003, G. T. Tsao, Recent Progress in Bioconversion of Lignocellulosics, page 45:

     The cellulase removes the existing pills, and conditions the surface of new or unpilled clothes.