unfancy
adjective
un·fan·cy
ˌən-ˈfan(t)-sē 
: not fancy
especially
: appealingly plain, simple, or unpretentious
an unfancy restaurant
unfancy manners
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The kitchen—small, unfancy, pleasant—has a window with a sight line to the Duomo: by conventional measures the best view in the apartment, but somehow, in this setting, a private decadence.
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Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022
The writing was elegant but direct, decidedly unfancy, and always infused by Gurza’s encyclopedic knowledge of music and passion for social justice, community and family.
—Richard Marosi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
John McDermott’s set, whose centerpiece is a large papier-mâché sheep, mostly looks like it was put together from objects found in an alley, while Charlotte Palmer-Lane’s costumes are correct but unfancy.
—Terry Teachout, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
Wisely, the Thursday program was a fairly unfancy preview of what will be played on tour, Grimaud in the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 and music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Schumann Symphony No. 4.
—David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
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Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022
The writing was elegant but direct, decidedly unfancy, and always infused by Gurza’s encyclopedic knowledge of music and passion for social justice, community and family.
—Richard Marosi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
John McDermott’s set, whose centerpiece is a large papier-mâché sheep, mostly looks like it was put together from objects found in an alley, while Charlotte Palmer-Lane’s costumes are correct but unfancy.
—Terry Teachout, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
Wisely, the Thursday program was a fairly unfancy preview of what will be played on tour, Grimaud in the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 and music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Schumann Symphony No. 4.
—David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
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“Unfancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfancy. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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