unembellished

adjective

un·​em·​bel·​lished ˌən-im-ˈbe-lisht 

: lacking embellishment or elaboration (as with decorative elements or fanciful details) : not embellished

a plain, unembellished room

unembellished facts

an unembellished account of their travels

Synonyms

• simple
• plain
• unadorned
• naked
• unvarnished

Examples of unembellished in a Sentence

an unembellished vase is best because it won't take attention away from the flowers

Recent Examples on the Web

Safdie’s film is rather a sweet duet between a remarkably unembellished Johnson and a blazingly good, blue-collar and freshly blown-out Emily Blunt as his codependent girlfriend and eventual wife Dawn Staples-Kerr. —Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025

Her pair reminds me of these Earth penny loafers with a warm brown hue and unembellished vamp. —Izzy Baskette, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025

Both details were singled out by critics as too outrageously weird, too obviously Lockwood-like, to be unembellished. —Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

The unembellished style is well suited for Lake Orta, the quietly beautiful but shy little sister of northern Italy’s more glamorous resort towns. —Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unembellished

• embellished
• relished