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
Israelis, Palestinians, and other local actors ignore the charade—leaving behind the bromides about the two-state solution, peace, democracy, and American mediation—and revert to more visceral, unembellished attitudes that sprout from their pasts.
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Hussein Agha,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2025
Her pair reminds me of these Earth penny loafers with a warm brown hue and unembellished vamp.
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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.
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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.
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Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Hussein Agha,
Foreign Affairs,
16 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
See All Example Sentences for unembellished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unembellished
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As for the volunteers, the goal is simple—help someone stay safe before the heat turns into an emergency.
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Evidence for at-home tools is thinner than for professional manual drainage, but the simplest options can offer mild circulation and surface-lymph support at a low price.
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With head coach Thomas Tuchel also renowned for his plain speaking, many are seeing this approach as a potential factor in England ending their long wait for a follow-up success to their triumph in the competition in 1966.
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For a place of worship the temple was plain, with a long hallway of overlapping purple carpet and idols carved crudely from blush-colored marble.
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The ultimate luxury swimwear brand for poolside minimalists, Araks keeps its high-quality bikinis and one-piece suits relatively unadorned, opting to spice up its designs with contrasting piping and clever darting over flashier add-ons like fringe or bling.
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Those first Area jeans featured strategic studs framing her thigh vents, while Wednesday’s were unadorned, but real ones know.
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The North America Nebula is too faint to see with the naked eye.
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Eadweard Muybridge, among the first to put pictures in motion, knew by instinct that many of those pictures should contain naked people.
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Cassavetes' signature unvarnished style is present throughout, imbuing the film with palpable dread.
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His willingness to deliver unvarnished opinions, often sprinkled with sarcasm or humor, has been refreshing for Gator Nation after four seasons of Billy Napier’s measured — at times droning — delivery.
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“Unembellished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unembellished. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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