unglamorous

adjective

un·​glam·​or·​ous

ˌən-ˈglam-rəs, 

-ˈgla-mə- 

: not excitingly attractive : not glamorous

unglamorous work

… only 80 pay to enter this unglamorous, graffiti-scarred brick building with views of the Thames.

—Asher Price

Examples of unglamorous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That's worthwhile but unglamorous, and a long way from the green-hotel imagery most visitors associate with sustainability. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

All four of the filmmaking power couple’s children worked on 2026 epic The Odyssey, albeit in unglamorous positions. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 July 2026

Will Richard does all of the little things With the regular Warriors squad, Will Richard earned his minutes by doing all of the unglamorous things on the court. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

These are the unglamorous frictions that decide whether the idea ever becomes infrastructure. — New Atlas, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1934, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unglamorous

• amorous
• clamorous
• gammarus
• glamorous