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
Safdie’s film is rather a sweet duet between a remarkably unembellished Johnson and a blazingly good, blue-collar and freshly blown-out Emily Blunt as his codependent girlfriend and eventual wife Dawn Staples-Kerr.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2025
Her pair reminds me of these Earth penny loafers with a warm brown hue and unembellished vamp.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Both details were singled out by critics as too outrageously weird, too obviously Lockwood-like, to be unembellished.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The unembellished style is well suited for Lake Orta, the quietly beautiful but shy little sister of northern Italy’s more glamorous resort towns.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2025
Her pair reminds me of these Earth penny loafers with a warm brown hue and unembellished vamp.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Both details were singled out by critics as too outrageously weird, too obviously Lockwood-like, to be unembellished.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The unembellished style is well suited for Lake Orta, the quietly beautiful but shy little sister of northern Italy’s more glamorous resort towns.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unembellished
Adjective
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In Catanzaro Lido, a beach town along the Ionian coast, meals tend to be simple and communal.—
Jenna Curcio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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In her first interview since becoming head of content at Disney+ EMEA, Angela Jain has said the message to writers and producers is simple, the streamer is going to greenlight more originals from the region and will be backing that effort with extra funds for local fare.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is plain weaponization of the FBI for partisan political purposes.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Great effort has been made to transform what is ordinarily a plain, beige room into a festive space.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The opposite side is unadorned white stucco.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The culture clash is presented unadorned without commentary.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As Barber fell to the canvas, Grasso put her in a rear naked chokehold before the fight was quickly called.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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In spite of a seismic crossing of the technological Rubicon, an abandonment of the centuries-old deference to the naked eye, a codifying and calcifying of the most atomic-level building block of the sport, baseball mostly just looked like baseball.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Pritzker deserves credit for this unvarnished win.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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After a November 2025 hearing, Glenn Harris called Oklahoma Watch to offer his unvarnished opinion of guardianship judges.—
JC Hallman,
Oklahoma Watch,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Unembellished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unembellished. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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