unembellished.

1. Not decorated or ornamented with additional details.

2. Without invented or exaggerated additions to an account.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• unembellished surface
• unembellished design

On the page

The unembellished design used the material’s texture as its only variation.

An unembellished surface separated the two patterned panels.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more unembellished; superlative most unembellished 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.