unillustrated

An unillustrated textbook sits open on a wooden desk.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking visual images: "unillustrated" describes a text, book, or publication that contains no pictures, diagrams, or other visual aids to accompany the written content.
   • Without explanatory drawings: Refers to material that does not include illustrations (such as photographs, drawings, or charts) to clarify or decorate the content.

Usage Examples

• (The book had no pictures or diagrams.)
• (The books contained no images.)
• (The document had no charts or graphics.)

Advanced Usage

• "an unillustrated edition": a version of a book or publication without illustrations, often contrasted with an illustrated edition.

  • The publisher released both an illustrated and an unillustrated edition of the children's story. (One version had pictures; the other did not.)

• "to remain unillustrated": to stay without visual representation or decoration.

  • The ancient manuscript remained unillustrated, its text the only record of the culture. (The document had no drawings or art.)

Variants and Related Words

• Illustrated (adj): containing pictures or visual aids.
  • The illustrated guide helped tourists identify birds more easily. (The guide had pictures.)
• Illustration (n): a picture or diagram that explains or decorates text.
  • Each chapter of the book includes a detailed illustration. (A visual image.)
• Illustrate (v): to provide with pictures or explain by examples.
  • The artist was hired to illustrate the magazine article. (To add drawings.)

Synonyms

• Pictured: having images (opposite of unillustrated).
• Graphic: relating to visual art or representation (often used for illustrated content).
• Unpictured: without pictures (rare but synonymous).

Antonyms

• Illustrated: containing visual material.
• Pictorial: consisting of or expressed in pictures.

Related Idioms

• "A picture is worth a thousand words": an idiom suggesting that images convey meaning more effectively than text, often used to contrast illustrated and unillustrated works.
  • The unillustrated manual was hard to follow, but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. (Visuals would have helped.)

Phrasal Verbs

• None directly applicable, as "unillustrated" is an adjective and does not combine with verbs as a phrasal unit. However, it can appear in verb phrases like "to leave unillustrated" (to intentionally not include images).
  • The author chose to leave the book unillustrated to focus on the narrative. (To keep it without pictures.)