: 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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Cleaning is often seen as unglamorous, labor-intensive work, deterring those chasing trendier ventures.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
The victories will bring pressure for Reform to deliver on transport, garbage collection, potholes and all the other unglamorous demands of everyday politics.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Canada’s history is a beautiful one of decisive compromise and coalition building, those distinct if unglamorous liberal virtues.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
For most of her career, and certainly since her portrayal of the harried, unglamorous sketch-show head writer Liz Lemon in 30 Rock coincided with the rise of pop feminism in the late aughts, her every plot and utterance has been widely scrutinized.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
The victories will bring pressure for Reform to deliver on transport, garbage collection, potholes and all the other unglamorous demands of everyday politics.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Canada’s history is a beautiful one of decisive compromise and coalition building, those distinct if unglamorous liberal virtues.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
For most of her career, and certainly since her portrayal of the harried, unglamorous sketch-show head writer Liz Lemon in 30 Rock coincided with the rise of pop feminism in the late aughts, her every plot and utterance has been widely scrutinized.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
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“Unglamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unglamorous. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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