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Recent Examples of frumpy
So, what's the key to inviting beanbags back into your home, without leaving your space feeling frumpy and undone?
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2026
Reed was not the typical dowdy or frumpy critic.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Dry Goods and its sibling stores, Wild Life and Workshop, had music from former first lady of France Carla Bruni playing over the stereo and were heavy on Belgian and Japanese lines that were equal parts luxurious (silk) and frumpy (boxy).
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
Proving that flat shoes don’t have to be frumpy, these backless burgundy mules look so elegant when paired with a cream silk midi dress.
—Clare Holden, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2026
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2026
Reed was not the typical dowdy or frumpy critic.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Dry Goods and its sibling stores, Wild Life and Workshop, had music from former first lady of France Carla Bruni playing over the stereo and were heavy on Belgian and Japanese lines that were equal parts luxurious (silk) and frumpy (boxy).
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
Proving that flat shoes don’t have to be frumpy, these backless burgundy mules look so elegant when paired with a cream silk midi dress.
—Clare Holden, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frumpy
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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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With nothing but the season at stake, Georgia won in a fashion most unbecoming a team that leads Division I in home runs.—
Ken Sugiura,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
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Internal affairs probe found multiple policy violations An internal investigation found Mercer violated four department policies, including dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming of an officer.—
Andrea Lucia,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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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
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The corpse stink was, at first, slightly too repulsive to unleash on the Field Museum’s unsuspecting visitors, so it was toned down slightly.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
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This provision is equally repulsive.—
Austin Elias-de Jesus,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
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Platner is loathsome in so many ways.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Get a room, this is disgusting!—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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And, to me, there’s nothing more disgusting than an airplane bathroom.—
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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“Frumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frumpy. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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