unadorned
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
unadorned (comparative more unadorned, superlative most unadorned)
- Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple
- Synonyms: austere, unembellished; see also Thesaurus:unadorned
- 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 307:
- This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high.
- 2019 October 1, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Heather Webb, Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women[1], HarperCollins, →ISBN:
- Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight.
Derived terms
Translations
Having no additional decoration
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Verb
unadorned
- simple past and past participle of unadorn