unadorned.

Without decorative additions or embellishment.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• unadorned room
• unadorned prose

On the page

The unadorned room directed attention to the window.

Her unadorned prose allowed the sequence of events to carry the effect.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more unadorned; superlative most unadorned where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: clarity and ornament, narrative perspective, style analysis. Disciplines: literary writing, narrative analysis, advanced English. Commonness: moderately common.