unglamorous
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5.4
- adjective
- /ʌŋˈɡlæmərəs/
:
poco glamuroso
- Being a librarian may seem unglamorous, but it plays a vital role in our community.
So these sound like boring, unglamorous things, but this is the practice.
- So these sound like boring, unglamorous things, but this is the practice.
- OK, I will share a very unglamorous answer, but I'm here to tell the truth.
- You know, one thing that I've learned as a founder CEO is that this job is a lot more unglamorous than it is glamorous, right?
Examples
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In brown baggy riding clothes and glasses, Emily Cunningham was an unglamorous figure, lean and almost plain.
Fiction book (1993) -
The State Department and diplomacy lost influence, and within the military system, the individual service chiefs found themselves reduced to the unglamorous functions of administration, training, and procurement, rather than their traditional troop-command role.
Academic text (2010) -
Our group is probably one of the most unglamorous on the stage today.
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So these sound like boring, unglamorous things, but this is the practice.
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OK, I will share a very unglamorous answer, but I'm here to tell the truth.
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Obama, on the other hand, is going about the rather unglamorous business of running the country.
Blog text (30) -
Unglamorous, maybe, but it was a way to make a living.
Fiction book (2000) -
The BJP government in India in the previous term had concentrated on many unglamorous and hard aspects, like building roads.
Blog text (1) -
His project is End of Watch, a fly-on-the-windshield view of law enforcement at its most unglamorous.
Blog text (2) -
Unglamorous artifacts like these, of no interest to collectors or dealers, all contain important information about patterns of human activity.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
54
3.4
Ordinary and not special or new
40
7.4
Not fashionable or popular and thought boring
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2.8
A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features
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1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
16
2.5
Not interesting or likely to make people want it
15
4.1
Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting
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4.0
Not having new or interesting ideas
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3.9
Not very good or likely to attract attention
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6.5
Not exciting and having little variety
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7.9
Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement
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3.5
Not interesting or exciting
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3.2
Not interesting or exciting
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4.2
Not pleasant or attractive
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4.6
Not pleasant or welcoming and likely to keep people away
1
8.2
Not attractive or impressive to look at
1
6.2
Not attractive in looks or style
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6.0
Not attractive and unpleasant to see or hear
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6.6
Not attractive to look at
1
6.8
Ordinary and not exciting
1
3.7
Not fashionable or elegant in appearance
1
8.1
Not pleasant to look at
1
7.8
Simple and modest in style and not trying to attract attention
1
4.4
Simple in style and not trying to attract attention
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6.1
Plain and not valuable, fancy, or important
Looks plain and not attractive or exciting
Plain and not made to look stylish or perfect
Not attractive or interesting
Not attractive to look at
Not causing strong feelings or interest
Not causing excitement or interest
Not fashionable or stylish, often plain and old-fashioned
Plain and simple, not expensive or decorated
Antonyms
How Glamorous
Surface Forms
Morphology
unglamorous = glamorous (transparent) = un + glamour + ous
Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the familiar adjective 'glamorous', so the negated meaning is directly inferable.
Etymology
Unglamorous is built from un- meaning 'not' and glamorous, which comes from glamour meaning 'magic' or 'charm'. So unglamorous describes something 'not shiny or exciting', ordinary or dull, without fancy appeal.