Unembellished

adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Plain, unadorned, or simple.

    "Thus passed the last of the North Wales Narrow Gauge locomotives, and one of the few American-built locomotives to survive in Great Britain; the sadly cropped though once elegant Russell, and the unembellished yet useful Yankee plug-ugly."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking embellishment or ornamentation wordnet

Synonyms

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unadornedbareundecoratedarcadianaustereaustere

Example

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"The lie sounds good, but I'd like to listen to the unembellished truth."

Etymology

From un- + embellished.

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