lack of adornment

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.

But efficiency is the point: In its determined lack of adornment, its commitment to the straight and narrow — reflecting the personality of its hero — “Bosch” is an increasingly rare commodity in a time when genre dramas will resort to any kind of high-concept trickery to stand out.

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

Even the chicken schnitzel, an eyebrow-raising item on a menu written in questionable taste — how could a tasty grilled pastrami sandwich with pickled red onion, brown mustard and Russian dressing earn the name Pistol Whip? — was acceptable despite its lack of adornment.

If one solitary dress did duty every evening, a new arrangement of laces transformed it in his eyes; and if she wore no jewels, the round white throat and arms looked all the better for their lack of adornment.