unadorned

From un- +‎ adorned.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌˌnəˈdɔːnd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/

unadorned (comparative more unadorned, superlative most unadorned)

1. Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple

   Synonyms: austere, unembellished; see also Thesaurus:unadorned

   • 2003, Christopher Paolini, “Prologue: Shade of Fear”, in Eragon, page 2:

     Her clothes were unadorned, yet her beauty was undiminished.

   • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 307:

     This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high.

   • 2019 October 1, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Heather Webb, Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women‎^[1], HarperCollins, →ISBN:

     Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight.

• unadornedness

unadorned

1. simple past and past participle of unadorn