unadorned

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unadorned

/ʌˌnəˈdɔːnd/ UK
/əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/ US

adjective more unadorned · most unadorned

Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple Her clothes were unadorned, yet her beauty was undiminished.
Similar: austere, unembellished, bare, chaste, inornate, modest, plain, quiet, severe, simple, spartan, unadorned

Opposite: gaudy

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of unadorn

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adjective

Opposite: gaudy

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adj Having no additional decoration

Português	desadornado, sem adorno
Français	dépouillé, sobre, sans fioritures, sans ornements, simple
Deutsch	schmucklos, schlicht
Ελληνικά	αδιακόσμητος adiakósmitos

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@misc{unadorned_2026,
  title = {unadorned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unadorned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}