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Recent Examples of frumpy
In an era of kale Caesar salads and turmeric lattes, an old-fashioned meatloaf feels decidedly frumpy and uncool.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
For 2026, the current-generation Prius returns with the same basic formula — excellent efficiency — wrapped in a design that’s finally not so frumpy.
—Brian Moody, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Linda is not the right kind of people person for the job, Bradley tells her — and yes, Send Help’s insistence that McAdams’s character is frumpy and repellant requires more suspension of disbelief than anything else in the movie.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
However, this dad’s day out kit makes Popyrin, 26, look frumpy.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
For 2026, the current-generation Prius returns with the same basic formula — excellent efficiency — wrapped in a design that’s finally not so frumpy.
—Brian Moody, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Linda is not the right kind of people person for the job, Bradley tells her — and yes, Send Help’s insistence that McAdams’s character is frumpy and repellant requires more suspension of disbelief than anything else in the movie.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
However, this dad’s day out kit makes Popyrin, 26, look frumpy.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frumpy
Adjective
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In short, the frumpish foursome were suggesting that holders of the top judicial office, current and former, tried to influence justice by shunting cases towards particular judges.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
18 Jan. 2018
Adjective
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These interactions may strike federal prosecutors as unbecoming.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Another former aide said that quiet guidance shared among female staffers focused on behavior that is legal, but nevertheless viewed as unprofessional and unbecoming of members of Congress — a line that has prevented many from speaking out publicly.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As a child, Salinas spent countless hours in his father’s sooty workshop, watching him transform unshapely metal into useful objects.—
Elisabeth Biondi,
The New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2019
Adjective
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Lamar’s performance of his slanderous mambo was the only real moment of drama and tension amid the Philadelphia Eagles’ unaesthetic beatdown of the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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Insufficient split, bent and separated legs and unaesthetic body position are a few of the others that fall under that category.—
Skyler Caruso,
Peoplemag,
1 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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The other kids must have found its inhabitants repulsive or boring, but I was drawn to a cobra that was lying flat out and minding its own business.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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These compounds have a strong, pungent odor that many insects, including grubs, find repulsive.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Helping the audience understand loathsome people without understanding them is a more subtle, if equally essential, inheritance.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
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Most of Becket’s relatives are loathsome (Grace is funny as a fraudulent self-help quasi-religious guru), though his uncle (the great Bill Camp) is a decent fellow who wants to lend Becket a hand.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The water is disgusting-looking.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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These words then take on guilt by association because of the things we have been socialized to find unpleasant, uncomfortable, or disgusting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Frumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frumpy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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