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free from all additions or embellishment
an unembellished vase is best because it won't take attention away from the flowers
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Recent Examples of unembellished
On the fourth floor was an entrance designed to impress visitors: Its open plan stretches from a dining area in back with a picture window framing Amster Yard, and a living room in front where a flat wall of unembellished wood frames a fireplace of plain limestone slabs.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2025
Their 200 plants were thriving but the otherwise unembellished one-bedroom didn’t express much of Griffin’s personal taste.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
The language is spare for Mishima; the narrative is relatively unembellished, almost journalistic.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
His women and men came out like automatons on his runways and moved like bullets, which was a whole new way of presenting unembellished clothes.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2025
Their 200 plants were thriving but the otherwise unembellished one-bedroom didn’t express much of Griffin’s personal taste.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
The language is spare for Mishima; the narrative is relatively unembellished, almost journalistic.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
His women and men came out like automatons on his runways and moved like bullets, which was a whole new way of presenting unembellished clothes.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unembellished
Adjective
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Looking for their environmental DNA in scales, slime or skin cells that living beings shed all the time is a simpler way, Workman said.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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The simple solution is wearing regular ballet flats, whether they’re made from leather, satin, or something else.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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But also take your time in crafting the perfect order of its plain pie — simply tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and basil — or its white pie — with fresh mozzarella, ricotta, butter, garlic, olive oil and basil.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
25 July 2025
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Across social media, we’re told drinking plain water is passe, subpar, and incredibly basic.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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No proclamations from experts; just one person’s honest and unadorned reaction to the music.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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Most medical memoirs don’t make much of place—a hospital is a hospital is a hospital—but Huyler’s was set in the Southwest, with prose as angular and unadorned as the landscape outside my window.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Meteor showers are best observed with the naked eye, with a telescope or binoculars a poor choice.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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As the name indicates, these insects are nearly impossible to see with your naked eye.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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The Web is for unvarnished interactions, long rants and video burbles and buffering.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
18 July 2025
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As an informal function, organizational ombuds often have access to employees’ unvarnished concerns, feelings, hopes and fears.—
Chuck Doran,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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“Unembellished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unembellished. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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