unillustrated

Lacking visual additions

Unillustrated describes a book, document, or other publication that contains no pictures, diagrams, or other visual images.

An unillustrated edition of a novel contains only text, while an illustrated one might include drawings or photographs.

The term most often appears in bibliographic descriptions or when distinguishing between different editions of the same work: The unillustrated paperback was half the price of the illustrated hardcover.

format

letterpress

Printing from raised surfaces

unaccompanied · captionless · imageless · figureless · diagramless · chartless

style

unadorned

Lacking decoration or ornament

  • bareLacking any covering
  • plainBasic and unremarkable
  • starkSevere and unadorned

austere · spartan · unembellished · unornamented · undecorated · minimalist · simple · clean · stripped · functional

publication

textbook

Academic subject manual

edition · volume · monograph · treatise · manual · guidebook · reference · primer · compendium · anthology

Opposites
presence of visual content

unillustratedillustrated

Shown with images

pictorial · illustrated edition · picture book · graphic · illuminated

Family

illustrate, illustration, illustrious, illustrated, illustrator, illustrating, illustrative, illustrates, illustrations

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G