unornamented

adjective

un·​or·​na·​ment·​ed ˌən-ˈȯr-nə-ˌmen-təd How to pronounce unornamented (audio)
: having no decorations or ornaments : not ornamented : plain, undecorated
an unornamented style
a building with an unornamented façade

Examples of unornamented in a Sentence

the unornamented interior of an old New England church
Recent Examples on the Web In her plain, unornamented office, the elegant Asakawa toys with the string of pearls around her neck and starts her story at the beginning. IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012 Those sorts of businesses, Mr. Rezvani observed, are unornamented, lean and stringent about how many machines or work hours are needed per order. Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 Opt for a neutral color scheme, and choose unornamented styles for cabinet hardware and backsplash tile. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2022 In echoes of his arraignment last month, Jones appeared via Zoom video conference, wearing a dark suit in an unornamented room, for the U.S. District Court in Detroit proceeding. Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2020 Eventually burial grounds in the United States’ became more basic and unornamented, more removed from people’s daily lives. National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unornamented was in 1688

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Cite this Entry

“Unornamented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unornamented. Accessed 3 Nov. 2024.

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