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modest(adjective, hard, simple, severe, clean)
4
restrained(adjective, quiet, simple, moderate, clean)
3
barren(adjective, simple, cold, miserable, bare)
3
vanilla(adjective, simple, clean, plain, pure)
2
childlike(adjective, simple, rough, crude)
2
coarse(adjective, simple, severe, rough, bleak)
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common(adjective, simple, pure, unadorned)
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commonplace(adjective, simple, pure, unadorned)
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dull(adjective, simple, severe, plain, unhappy)
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incomplete(adjective, hard, raw, rough-and-ready)
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natural(adjective, simple, clean, plain, pure)
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sparse(adjective, simple, stark)
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atavistic(adjective, simple, rough, crude)
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bare-bones(adjective, simple, grim, stark)
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brutish(adjective, simple, rough, crude)
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conventional(adjective, simple, pure, stiff)
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crude(adjective, hard, simple, rough, raw)
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cursory(adjective, hard, rough, raw)
1
discreet(adjective, simple, clean, plain, pure)
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lowly(adjective, simple, clean, plain, pure)
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