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

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

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

Both are conspicuous by their lack of adornment.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear