unornamental

English

Etymology

un- +‎ ornamental

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

unornamental (comparative more unornamental, superlative most unornamental)

1. Not ornamental.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

     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.