unornamental

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ ornamental.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unornamental (comparative more unornamental, superlative most unornamental)

  1. 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.