Simple name-dropping is not admired (9)
I believe the answer is:
unadorned
'simple' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'name-dropping is not admired' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'name' could be 'adorne' and 'adorne' is found within the answer.
'not' could be 'un' (prefix meaning 'not') and 'un' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unadorned that I've seen before include "Without embellishment" , "Plain, undecorated" , "Not decorated, plain and simple" , "Simple and plain as around den" .)