Without little trinkets dangling from it, is unattractive (9)
I believe the answer is:
charmless
'is unattractive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'without little' is the wordplay.
'without' becomes 'charm' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'little' becomes 'less' (associated in meaning).
'charm'+'less'='CHARMLESS'
'trinkets dangling from it' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for charmless that I've seen before include "Lacking any appeal" , "Without attractive features" , "not winning" , "Unattractive" .)