as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
left the room simple and undecorated so that she'd be able to concentrate when she studied there
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Recent Examples of undecorated
Courtesy Mya Mendola Nevertheless, transformation videos are all over TikTok, showing drab, undecorated freshman dorms elevated into luxurious oases.
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Natalie Bennett, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Individuals may honor service members by laying flowers or flags at cemeteries, especially military resting places, where many graves often go undecorated.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
As admirably rendered by the translator Ross Benjamin, Kehlmann’s style is sober and matter of fact, the sentences straightforward, undecorated by colorful words or difficult syntax.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Ukraine gets Christmas Spiders that spin webs in undecorated Christmas trees.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2024
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Natalie Bennett, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Individuals may honor service members by laying flowers or flags at cemeteries, especially military resting places, where many graves often go undecorated.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
As admirably rendered by the translator Ross Benjamin, Kehlmann’s style is sober and matter of fact, the sentences straightforward, undecorated by colorful words or difficult syntax.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Ukraine gets Christmas Spiders that spin webs in undecorated Christmas trees.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undecorated
Adjective
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Feltner’s routine was pretty simple.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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Crime 101 takes the same view of quid pro quo as the most basic form of American commerce and makes simple but brutal points about value and self-worth, where your car, its year, make and model, matters more than your resumé.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Instead the biscuits made from the mix were plain; my favorite part was the garlic and parsley butter brushed on top.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Feb. 2026
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And very plain and simple, just depressed.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In stark contrast to Hatixhe’s unadorned sensibility, Adelina comes across as Western European, from her elegant clothing to her fertility treatments.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Somehow, these unadorned devices are transformed into materials of aching emotional weight.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Our mission to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to house the homeless, to teach the illiterate, to provide jobs for the jobless, and to choose the human race over the nuclear race.—
Cheryl Corley,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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The next iteration of the naked dress trend is officially all about putting a skimpy twist on knitwear.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There was a metal cot, a coal-burning stove and a bare light bulb hanging from the ceiling.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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After the blooms on your moth orchid (Phalaenopsis) have shriveled and fallen off the plant, you're left with a long, bare green stem (technically called a spike).—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Undecorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undecorated. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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