inornate

adjective

in·​ornate

: lacking adornment : unadorned

the scrupulously inornate clergyman than which nothing could be less liable to suspicion

—E. A. Poe

Word History

Etymology

Latin inornatus, from in- in- entry 1 + ornatus adorned

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