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unembellished

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ embellished.

Adjective

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unembellished (comparative more unembellished, superlative most unembellished)

  1. Plain, unadorned, or simple.
    Synonyms: austere, bare, modest, undecorated, unadorned; see also Thesaurus:unadorned
    Antonyms: adorned, decorate, complicated; see also Thesaurus:gaudy
    • 1941 October, C. Hamilton Ellis, Charles E. Lee, “The Welsh Highland Railway—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 435:
      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.