as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
the completely unadorned clothing favored by members of that religious sect
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Recent Examples of unadorned
But most of the walls, including those of Hitler’s private chamber, were bare concrete – unadorned except for the odd piece of looted artwork.
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Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Her weird choice of nom de guerre was Ann, an unadorned name that never sounded right when the DJ announced one of her stage sets.
—Rax King, People.com, 29 July 2025
Heavy and unadorned, this simple slab of metal makes delicious pizza pies that are crispy and crusty in all the right places.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 July 2025
Ultimately, that created a quiet, unadorned style for Cash that owes more devotion to art than aesthetics.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unadorned
Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Her weird choice of nom de guerre was Ann, an unadorned name that never sounded right when the DJ announced one of her stage sets.
—Rax King, People.com, 29 July 2025
Heavy and unadorned, this simple slab of metal makes delicious pizza pies that are crispy and crusty in all the right places.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 July 2025
Ultimately, that created a quiet, unadorned style for Cash that owes more devotion to art than aesthetics.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unadorned
Adjective
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Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The inspiration The Copleys wanted a low-water garden that would be simple to care for.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Place in a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, v0 enables teams to generate responsive UIs directly from Figma designs or plain English descriptions, thereby minimizing the gap between vision and implementation.—
Paul Kovalenko,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Just a few hours later, Dakota Johnson served up another naked dress inspiration at the Kering Foundation's Caring for Women dinner in New York City.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Bortle scale is a numerical scale that ranges from one to nine, with one being an excellent dark sky site with no light pollution and nine being an area with considerable light pollution and many night sky objects invisible to the naked eye.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Water savings Copley said there was very little change, considering that the area was bare for some time before the drought tolerant landscape was installed.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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This year’s most ambitious chefs laid themselves bare, their autobiographical storytelling shaping singular restaurants.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Unadorned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unadorned. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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