unembroidered

Lacking decorative stitching

Unembroidered means plain, without decorative needlework: an unembroidered linen tablecloth.

Figuratively, it describes accounts or statements presented without elaboration or embellishment: She gave an unembroidered account of what happened.

The word implies directness and lack of ornamentation, whether literal or rhetorical.

plain

unadorned

Lacking decoration or ornament

simple · austere · spartan · minimalist · stark · unpatterned · monochrome · uncluttered · clean · streamlined

honest

unvarnished

Without embellishment or coating

frank · blunt · forthright · direct · sincere · plain-spoken · unexaggerated · undisguised · uncolored · unadorned

literal

factual

Grounded in truth

precise · unelaborated · unexpanded · undramatized · unromanticized · prosaic · bald · bare-bones · stripped-down · unamplified

Opposites
textile decoration

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Ornamented with sewn designs

stitched · embellished · beaded · monogrammed · appliquéd

figurative elaboration

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Ornamented with sewn designs

embellished · exaggerated · elaborated · ornamented · dressed up

ornamentation level

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Elaborately decorated

decorated · embellished · elaborate · fancy · adorned

Family

embroidery, embroider, unembellished, embroidered, embroidering, embroiders, embroiderer, embroiderers

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G