DECORATIVENESSES Antonyms

• the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

• a bleak and desolate atmosphere

• the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)

• an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

• capable of serving a purpose well

• an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

• the state of being unmixed with other material

• clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

• the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

• an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

• concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

• the quality of being simple or uncompounded

• a lack of penetration or subtlety

• absence of affectation or pretense

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• lack of ornamentation

• the quality of being complete or utter or extreme

• an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

• not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

• a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

• the quality of being of practical use

• the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility

• (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

• (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

• a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal

• used of beef; usable but inferior

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team