Unglamorous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not glamorous; humdrum or prosaic.

    "Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not challenging; dull and lacking excitement wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
commonplacehumdrumprosaicunglamourousunglamourous

Example

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"Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt."

Etymology

From un- + glamorous.

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