In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
UNROUGED
unrouged
(adjective) not wearing rouge; “unrouged lips”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unrouged (not comparable)
Not rouged.
Farther aloft reigns Mere Duchesse with her unrouged Amazons […]
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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