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Recent Examples of unornamented All the weird and wonderful planktonic foraminifera disappeared, and only some small unornamented ones remained. Tim Vernimmen, JSTOR Daily, 19 June 2025 These songs’ straightforwardness, especially when performed unornamented and earnestly by Sheeran himself, allow listeners of all stripes to immediately see themselves inside of their big, relatable emotions. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 16 Apr. 2025 Those sorts of businesses, Mr. Rezvani observed, are unornamented, lean and stringent about how many machines or work hours are needed per order. Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 Opt for a neutral color scheme, and choose unornamented styles for cabinet hardware and backsplash tile. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2022 In echoes of his arraignment last month, Jones appeared via Zoom video conference, wearing a dark suit in an unornamented room, for the U.S. District Court in Detroit proceeding. Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2020 Eventually burial grounds in the United States’ became more basic and unornamented, more removed from people’s daily lives. National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2019 In her plain, unornamented office, the elegant Asakawa toys with the string of pearls around her neck and starts her story at the beginning. IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unornamented
Adjective
  • Jared Jewelers Bulova Phantom Watch A watch is both practical and fashionable, and this style adds a touch of sparkle to simple outfits.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Each year, as the temperature rises, the town’s regular population of around 300 swells with thousands of kids soaking up the simple pleasures of the great outdoors.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Music industry machinations are mostly to blame; a higher supply of albums means more sales, which translates into chart performance and popularity and plain old checks to cash.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The whole movie feels, if anything too realistic; an unflashy, unadorned terror borne from a real-life virus.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Jarmusch may not be explicitly referencing Carver, though both artists have made an unadorned style their identity.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This aspect will always cast her apart, even today, in the sense that a woman’s naked body is still perceived by audiences as something that stands out for some absurd reason, unfortunately.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The lawsuit stemmed from Nirvana’s use of a photo taken by Weddle at the Pasadena Aquatic Center in California that depicted Elden swimming naked toward a dollar bill on a fishhook.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To the left of the entryway is the kitchen, the only undecorated room, which nonetheless includes a lineup of Titanic board games and a blowup Titanic bath toy.
    Laura Bannister, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Courtesy Mya Mendola Nevertheless, transformation videos are all over TikTok, showing drab, undecorated freshman dorms elevated into luxurious oases.
    Natalie Bennett, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025

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“Unornamented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unornamented. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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