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
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
Of note: The tree must be natural, undecorated and without the artificial snow.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 1 Jan. 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
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
Of note: The tree must be natural, undecorated and without the artificial snow.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 1 Jan. 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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Styles for men and women are available -- all with Allbirds design philosophy that's clean, modern and perfectly simple -- lightweight, bouncy and wildly comfortable.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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On April 18, that reverence will look like music, laughter and a line of people waiting for something hot out of the fryer — a simple plate carrying stories from across the world, all landing in one place.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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These stories make plain the bodily harm that crew members have routinely risked, and how these workers—whose enthusiasm for their work and for cinema itself is palpable—consider a profession whose hazards are not only physical but also psychological, professional, and familial.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Here is the idea in plain terms.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Babur writes in a direct, unadorned Chagatai prose that contrasts sharply with the ornate Persian chancellery style of courtiers.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The website operates without flashy graphics, partisan commentary, eyeball-grabbing videos, or the snark characteristic of partisan political media, instead presenting headlines and summaries in plain, unadorned fashion.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The image was captured through the window of the Orion spacecraft on Monday evening as the Artemis II crew conducted a flyby of the moon — becoming the first humans to see some parts of the moon's far side with the naked eye and traveling farther from Earth than any other humans in history.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Often nearly invisible to the naked eye, microplastics have insidiously found their way into people’s lungs, arterial plaques and brains through food, air and water, researchers have found.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The light that falls from the left, through half-open windows, onto Vermeer’s walls, some of them bare, testifies not so much to an overcast Dutch day as to a suffusion of grace.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The actress posed in a field of flowers while clutching her bare chest.—
Sarah Sotoodeh,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Undecorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undecorated. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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