unornamented

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ ornamented.

Adjective

unornamented (not comparable)

  1. Not ornamented; without ornament.
    Synonyms: unadorned, unembellished; see also Thesaurus:unadorned
    • 1893, William Morris, The Ideal Book:
      Well, I lay it down, first, that a book quite unornamented can look actually and positively beautiful, and not merely un-ugly, if it be, so to say, architecturally good, which, by the by, need not add much to its price []
    • 1988 April 29, Cerinda Survant, “The Invisible Dancer”, in Chicago Reader:
      The many repetitions of unornamented locomotor movement describing great diagonals do eventually wear.