unembellished
adjective
un·em·bel·lished
ˌən-im-ˈbe-lisht 
: lacking embellishment or elaboration (as with decorative elements or fanciful details) : not embellished
a plain, unembellished room
unembellished facts
an unembellished account of their travels
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an unembellished vase is best because it won't take attention away from the flowers
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Their 200 plants were thriving but the otherwise unembellished one-bedroom didn’t express much of Griffin’s personal taste.
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
The language is spare for Mishima; the narrative is relatively unembellished, almost journalistic.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
His women and men came out like automatons on his runways and moved like bullets, which was a whole new way of presenting unembellished clothes.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Nicholson’s unembellished beauty, as ripe for discovery as a remote landscape, permeates the film as much as Ziegler’s changeling aura.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
The language is spare for Mishima; the narrative is relatively unembellished, almost journalistic.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
His women and men came out like automatons on his runways and moved like bullets, which was a whole new way of presenting unembellished clothes.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Nicholson’s unembellished beauty, as ripe for discovery as a remote landscape, permeates the film as much as Ziegler’s changeling aura.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
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“Unembellished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unembellished. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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