as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
left the room simple and undecorated so that she'd be able to concentrate when she studied there
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Recent Examples of undecorated
Courtesy Mya Mendola Nevertheless, transformation videos are all over TikTok, showing drab, undecorated freshman dorms elevated into luxurious oases.
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Natalie Bennett, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
As admirably rendered by the translator Ross Benjamin, Kehlmann’s style is sober and matter of fact, the sentences straightforward, undecorated by colorful words or difficult syntax.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Of note: The tree must be natural, undecorated and without the artificial snow.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 1 Jan. 2025
Ukraine gets Christmas Spiders that spin webs in undecorated Christmas trees.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2024
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Natalie Bennett, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
As admirably rendered by the translator Ross Benjamin, Kehlmann’s style is sober and matter of fact, the sentences straightforward, undecorated by colorful words or difficult syntax.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Of note: The tree must be natural, undecorated and without the artificial snow.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 1 Jan. 2025
Ukraine gets Christmas Spiders that spin webs in undecorated Christmas trees.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undecorated
Adjective
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July 23 – August 22 Clarity today comes from keeping your message simple and grounded.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Brown said Atlanta was taking away the Knicks’ spray game, which made the answer simpler.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Revisiting maps mid-decade for political advantage runs directly against both the spirit and the plain language of those protections.—
Dan Daley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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But a glimpse at an earlier journalistic universe—newspapers in the era before social media—shows the dishonesty at the center of the project to treat the plain meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment as up for grabs.—
Lawrence Glickman,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Babur writes in a direct, unadorned Chagatai prose that contrasts sharply with the ornate Persian chancellery style of courtiers.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The website operates without flashy graphics, partisan commentary, eyeball-grabbing videos, or the snark characteristic of partisan political media, instead presenting headlines and summaries in plain, unadorned fashion.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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Blessed with wide fields of view, binoculars reveal the night sky beyond the reach of the naked eye, able to give excellent views of large and bright deep-sky objects — including star clusters and nebulas and the occasional galaxy (as well as the star-fields in the arc of the Milky Way).—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Talley then fled naked from the hospital and soon was recaptured.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Qualifying for the Champions League again via a top-five finish was regarded as the bare minimum.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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During a Southern summer, there’s nothing worse than burning your bare feet on a hot surface, so this outdoor rug is worth grabbing to keep your patio cool.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Undecorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undecorated. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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