unornamental
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + ornamental.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
[edit]unornamental (comparative more unornamental, superlative most unornamental)
- Not ornamental.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
- I should ask that I might be permitted to come and go as a privileged person here; that I might be regarded as a useless (and I would add, if it were not for the resemblance I detected between you and me, an unornamental) piece of furniture, tolerated for its old service, and taken no notice of.