unornamented

Example Sentences

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“The three-story building is a plain, compact block of light travertine, unornamented apart from a saw-tooth crest on top,” he wrote.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Actual wine was a pretty basic plonk at first, unornamented by comments about bouquet or terroir, so cheap and so plentiful that it was often poured free with restaurant meals.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

The two opening ballads, one sparse and keyboardy and spiritual, the other sidling up to funky, leave no note unornamented, no harmony unadorned, and no doubt who’s at the helm here.

From Slate • May 30, 2014

However, if we’re talking about individuals choosing ornamented individuals over unornamented ones, the ornaments obviously evolved within the context of sexual selection and ‘species recognition’ cannot be considered integral to their origins.

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2013

She spoke to an audience of about fifteen in a quick, nervous style that suited the unornamented old lecture hall in which we were seated.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson