unornamental en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + ornamental.
Meanings
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Not ornamental.
I should ask that I might be permitted to come and go as a privileged person here; that I might be regarded as a useless (and I would add, if it were not for the resemblance I detected between you and me, an unornamental) piece of furniture, tolerated for its old service, and taken no notice of.
1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unornamental | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unornamental | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |