unadorned
/əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple
verb
simple past and past participle of unadorn
Example Sentences
- "Her clothes were unadorned, yet her beauty was undiminished."
- "This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high."
- "Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English adorned English unadorned From un- + adorned.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/
- British English: /ʌˌnəˈdɔːnd/
Inflected Forms
more unadorned (comparative)
most unadorned (superlative)