as in simple
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
Rooted in an unembellished documentary aesthetic, the fictional framework of Covi’s screenplay and the nimble camerawork by Frimmel capture Gemma’s chic Trastevere day-to-day as well as the family’s working-class realities — hustles both, in different ways.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
But that same day, COPA released the full, unembellished footage, along with other records from the case.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2024
The lines are clean, and the designs are unembellished and minimal.
—Jennifer Cegielski, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
The legacy of Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills includes among its famous visiting artists Frank Lloyd Wright and Alvar Aalto — global visionaries for their unembellished and elegant furniture and home design from the mid-1930s to mid-1960s.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2020
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
But that same day, COPA released the full, unembellished footage, along with other records from the case.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2024
The lines are clean, and the designs are unembellished and minimal.
—Jennifer Cegielski, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
The legacy of Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills includes among its famous visiting artists Frank Lloyd Wright and Alvar Aalto — global visionaries for their unembellished and elegant furniture and home design from the mid-1930s to mid-1960s.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unembellished
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Pay particular attention to Chapters 8 and 20, where Graham discusses the margin of safety concept and the simple but profound concept that buying a share of stock is actually owning part of a whole business.Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Maybe the key to a truly satisfying vacation in 2025 is simple: more of it.Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Like all the coolest girls, layer yours underneath preppy barn jackets and scarf coats to over plain white tees and baggy blue jeans.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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Stepping through the plain wooden door, visitors see far more than just an old house.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Suite for macOS Security A common pattern with cross-platform suites is to give Windows users a full security suite brimming with features and then stick macOS users with nothing but a plain, unadorned antivirus.PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
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The site strikes an almost classical balance between unadorned physical material and graceful interpretation.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 8 July 2024
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What’s lost is the heat and swashbuckling adventure of the original tale, a humanist turn that finds Odysseus at the end of his mortal coil, Fiennes at first haggard, awash naked on the shores of Ithaca after a shipwreck has left him unmoored and divorced from his former kingdom.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Carpenter skipped a matching red manicure in favor of short, naked nails and cozied up in a black and white faux fur vintage Chanel jacket and miniskirt ensemble.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Dec. 2024
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Gere plays acclaimed documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, who, in the face of a terminal illness, has decided to reveal the unvarnished truth about his life — warts and all — to an intimate film crew in the presence of his long-suffering wife Emma (Uma Thurman).Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
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The leaks exposed to the world unvarnished secret assessments of Russia’s war in Ukraine, including information about troop movements in Ukraine, and the provision of supplies and equipment to Ukrainian troops.Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Unembellished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unembellished. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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