Meanings
comparative more unelaborate · superlative most unelaborate
- Not elaborate; simple.
He uses a mode of lyric writing that’s unelaborate, untheoretical.
2007 September 3, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in The New York Times1 more example
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".
1959 March 28, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 124–125
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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