as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
an unembellished vase is best because it won't take attention away from the flowers
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Recent Examples of unembellished
On the fourth floor was an entrance designed to impress visitors: Its open plan stretches from a dining area in back with a picture window framing Amster Yard, and a living room in front where a flat wall of unembellished wood frames a fireplace of plain limestone slabs.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2025
Their 200 plants were thriving but the otherwise unembellished one-bedroom didn’t express much of Griffin’s personal taste.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
The language is spare for Mishima; the narrative is relatively unembellished, almost journalistic.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
His women and men came out like automatons on his runways and moved like bullets, which was a whole new way of presenting unembellished clothes.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2025
Their 200 plants were thriving but the otherwise unembellished one-bedroom didn’t express much of Griffin’s personal taste.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
The language is spare for Mishima; the narrative is relatively unembellished, almost journalistic.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
His women and men came out like automatons on his runways and moved like bullets, which was a whole new way of presenting unembellished clothes.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unembellished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unembellished
Adjective
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But it was intended to be a simple, three-course meal, the documents showed.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
16 Aug. 2025
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In North Carolina, Republicans are a few votes shy of a supermajority in one chamber but still control the redistricting process because the state’s congressional maps are not subject to veto and therefore can be passed by a simple majority in the legislature.—
Elena Shao,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Between stress, shame, emotional disconnection, the current state of the world being challenging, and just plain exhaustion, desire can come and go.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
5 Aug. 2025
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Even the band’s look — blue denim, plain T-shirts, collegiate banners — was faded.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But most of the walls, including those of Hitler’s private chamber, were bare concrete – unadorned except for the odd piece of looted artwork.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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In the opening segment, Andrea begins to believe that she is cursed, being haunted by an entity that’s invisible to the naked eye, but can be captured on video or in photos.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Four of these planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—can be seen with the naked eye, while Uranus and Neptune will be visible through a very strong pair of skywatching binoculars or a backyard telescope.—
Gretchen Rundorff,
Wired News,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Those sets, lovingly captured on the Live at Sin-é compilation, present unvarnished early versions of the songs that would populate Grace.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
6 Aug. 2025
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In times of crisis, the markets turn to Dimon as a source of clear and unvarnished authority.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Unembellished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unembellished. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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