unglamorous

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

Updated on: 16 Apr 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

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Early in the picture Charley spies a billboard in the background for Portland Meadows race track, an unglamorous relic.

— michael phillips, chicagotribune.com, "'Lean on Pete' review: A horse story of a different, darker color," 12 Apr. 2018
Entrenched conservative values will clash this year with a liberal fervor that often plays out at the local level, in grinding, unglamorous work.

— susan chira, New York Times, "Year of the Woman? In Arizona, It’s Women, Plural, and It’s Both Parties," 9 Apr. 2018
Get our daily newsletter One is the unglamorous work of managing finances and paying suppliers.

— The Economist, "In algorithms we trustHow AI is spreading throughout the supply chain," 28 Mar. 2018
Unlike other before-and-after shows, Good Bones aims to keep it real and gritty, showing the unglamorous aspects of home renovation.

— jessica leigh mattern, Country Living, "Why 'Good Bones' Is the Complete Opposite of Every Other House Flipping Show," 24 Mar. 2018
Though some of the trysts Poirier details are entertaining, many are deeply unglamorous.

— nina renata aron, The New Republic, "The Spirit of the Left Bank," 21 Mar. 2018
Limited food choices are not the only unglamorous part of the diet.

— kimberly mugler, rd, ldn, Philly.com, "A dietitian weighs in on the Ketogenic diet for weight loss," 13 Mar. 2018
That same hush pervades this leisurely drama about a French farming family during World War I, with Nathalie Baye in a decidedly unglamorous role as the beleaguered matriarch.

— Chicago Reader, "More than 60 new features premiere locally at the European Union Film Festival," 7 Mar. 2018
Together the three Egelunds are the sole owners of the business, one built on transforming mundane, often unglamorous household trivialities into attractive tools to be both used and admired.

— natalia rachlin, WSJ, "How a Salon Trash Can Turned a Design Brand Into a Phenomenon," 5 Mar. 2018

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circa 1934

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