unadorned

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ adorned.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌˌnəˈdɔːnd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/

Adjective

unadorned (comparative more unadorned, superlative most unadorned)

1. Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple

   Synonyms: austere, unembellished; see also Thesaurus:unadorned

   • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 307:

     This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high.

Derived terms

• unadornedness

Translations

Having no additional decoration

• Bulgarian: неукрасен (bg) (neukrasen)
• Dutch: kaal (nl)
• Esperanto: senornama
• Finnish: koristelematon
• French: dépouillé (fr), sobre (fr), sans fioritures (fr), sans ornements (fr), simple (fr)
• German: schmucklos (de), schlicht (de)
• Greek: αδιακόσμητος (el) (adiakósmitos)

  Ancient Greek: ἄκομψος (ákompsos)

• Maori: kōkau, tōkau, tōtōkau
• Scottish Gaelic: sìmplidh
• Tagalog: lisding
• Turkish: gösterişsiz (tr), süssüz (tr), sade (tr)

Verb

unadorned

1. simple past and past participle of unadorn