lack of adornment

Example Sentences

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According to Mr. Motz, a filmmaker and author whose work explores all things ground-beef-and-bun-related, the hallmarks of a pub burger are a thicker-than-average patty and a relative lack of adornment.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2019

This villa was for the special use of the sovereign, as might be guessed, from its lack of adornment.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

It is not the lack of adornment, however, that dispirits us; Madame Baudot's at Eaux Chaudes was unadorned likewise, and yet was an ideal of inviting comfort.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa

Both are conspicuous by their lack of adornment.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear