unglamorous

adjective un·glam·or·ous \ ˌən-ˈglam-rəs , -ˈgla-mə- \

|Updated on: 22 Jul 2018

Definition of unglamorous

: 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

Recent Examples of unglamorous from the Web

Cyn’s apartment is claustrophobically generic, and public courts and budget hotels with three to a room are the unglamorous reality.

— charles mcnulty, latimes.com, "Review: Amanda Peet's 'Our Very Own Carlin McCullough': A tennis prodigy learns life's score," 29 June 2018
Haspel took a posting as field officer in Ethiopia, an unglamorous assignment, but one that taught her how to run operations against agents for the Soviet Union, then a benefactor of the Ethiopian government.

— shane harris, Washington Post, "Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA chief despite scrutiny of her role in interrogation program," 17 May 2018
Such are the unglamorous realities of getting outside with the under-five set.

— katie arnold, Outside Online, "Hiking with Young Kids? Follow These Tips," 26 June 2018
He was also known for his willingness to dig into the more unglamorous aspects of local government, like budget and pension reforms and tax policy.

— dominic fracassa, SFChronicle.com, "SF Mayor-elect Breed names former Supervisor Sean Elsbernd chief of staff," 25 June 2018
Unlike many of their house flipping counterparts, Karen E. Laine and Mina Starsiak Hawk, the stars of HGTV's Good Bones, are refreshingly candid about the costs, unglamorous tasks, and hard work required to renovate homes.

— jessica leigh mattern, Country Living, "Why 'Good Bones' Is the Complete Opposite of Every Other House Flipping Show," 24 Mar. 2018
Good government is often unglamorous stuff—fixing pot holes, plowing snow, collecting trash.

— jeffrey kluger, Time, "Why Trump's 'Space Force' Won't — and Shouldn't — Happen," 19 June 2018
McBryde turns more than a decade of unglamorous gigging and rejection from teachers and record labels into a triumphant album -- one that resonates with confidence, vulnerability and, most of all, truth.

— billboard staff, Billboard, "The 50 Best Albums of 2018 (So Far): Critics' Picks," 5 June 2018
Haspel took a posting as field officer in Ethiopia, an unglamorous assignment, but one that taught her how to run operations against agents for the Soviet Union, then a benefactor of the Ethiopian government.

— shane harris and karoun demirjian, BostonGlobe.com, "Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA chief despite scrutiny of her role in interrogation program," 18 May 2018

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