unelaborate

English

Etymology

un- +‎ elaborate

Adjective

unelaborate (comparative more unelaborate, superlative most unelaborate)

1. Not elaborate; simple.
   • 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 124–125:

     The body design has been carried out to the requirements of the B.T.C. Design Panel in association with the Design Research Unit and its lines are described as "intentionally unelaborate".

   • 2007 September 3, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He uses a mode of lyric writing that’s unelaborate, untheoretical.