: not excitingly attractive : not glamorous
unglamorous work
… only 80 pay to enter this unglamorous, graffiti-scarred brick building with views of the Thames.—
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For Zabala, the message is blunt and unglamorous.
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Both memoirs prepare the lay gambler for a world of gruelling, bruising defeats and unglamorous back-of-the-envelope calculus.
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Their run defense, often an unglamorous job, needs help.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
For Zabala, the message is blunt and unglamorous.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Both memoirs prepare the lay gambler for a world of gruelling, bruising defeats and unglamorous back-of-the-envelope calculus.
—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Their run defense, often an unglamorous job, needs help.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Unglamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unglamorous. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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