as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
left the room simple and undecorated so that she'd be able to concentrate when she studied there
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Recent Examples of undecorated
As admirably rendered by the translator Ross Benjamin, Kehlmann’s style is sober and matter of fact, the sentences straightforward, undecorated by colorful words or difficult syntax.
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David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
The house Leavitt rents is largely undecorated save for the kids’ rooms, some Polaroids stuck to the refrigerator door, and a painting of the Mormon temple in Provo where she and Conner were married.
—Hunter Harris, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Residents can bring their undecorated, live Christmas trees to the recycling drop-off location and swap it for a new containerized tree (one per household) that can be planted in their yard.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Dallas has designated four locations where undecorated natural trees can be left through Feb. 3.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
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David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
The house Leavitt rents is largely undecorated save for the kids’ rooms, some Polaroids stuck to the refrigerator door, and a painting of the Mormon temple in Provo where she and Conner were married.
—Hunter Harris, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Residents can bring their undecorated, live Christmas trees to the recycling drop-off location and swap it for a new containerized tree (one per household) that can be planted in their yard.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Dallas has designated four locations where undecorated natural trees can be left through Feb. 3.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undecorated
Adjective
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Strufe adds that while intelligence agencies or cybercriminals have simpler ways to monitor people – such as accessing CCTV cameras or video doorbells – the widespread presence of wireless networks could eventually form a near-comprehensive surveillance infrastructure.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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The simplest way to find influential people in a network is called degree centrality—just count the number of connections for each person.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Caving—which is the more extreme cousin to spelunking—is physically and mentally challenging but also adrenaline fueled and just plain fun, too.—
Heide Brandes,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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And those, including a defense of quarterback Beau Pribula, were plain and worthy on Tuesday in the wake of MU’s first loss of the season last Saturday against Alabama.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The hallway from the elevator was unadorned.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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The whole movie feels, if anything too realistic; an unflashy, unadorned terror borne from a real-life virus.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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All of this was based on intuition and the naked eye.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Of all the planets visible in the night sky, either with the naked eye or the aid of a powerful telescope, none is more recognizable or iconic than Saturn.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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The white bare trees evoke the antlers featured in the background of this sequence from 1952's Lovely to Look At, which Duquette designed specially with Vincente Minnelli (who directed only this scene in the Mervyn LeRoy film).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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With the country music landscape now punctuated by a generation of young songwriters laying bare personal trauma and intense heartache, Whitcomb wanted his first full-length to capture his life so far, darkness be damned.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Undecorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undecorated. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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