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An entrée that’s too often a boring fallback for the unadventurous diner is transformed, here, into a clever, dazzling reward.
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Mirabella had famously repainted former editor Diana Vreeland’s red office a shade of beige, which became a metaphor for her reputation as being too unadventurous.
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This film, so seemingly unassertive, apparently rambling and plotless, has a devastating impact and aftershock.
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Accommodating, which is unassertive and cooperative, prioritizes the needs and preferences of others over one’s own in order to maintain harmony.
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Especially now, during the daunting age of unsocial media.
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The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.
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Harry was both ‘excited’ and ‘embarrassed’ to bring Meghan there.
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An embarrassed Penny sprints away, setting off a chain of events that intertwine their lives.
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Hospitality fared well in Deputy’s study, making up half of the 10 happiest job sectors, despite the sector’s reputation for high stress, unsociable hours, and low pay.
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
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There were cartoon beavers everywhere, brisket sandwiches far better than any gas station should be able to produce, and a bar of jerky (and a wall of jerky next to it for the impatient or antisocial).
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When ear met in 2024 at transfer student orientation at Bard, both were emerging from their own antisocial caves, unconsciously looking for their other half.
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Each composition, cut, and camera move is expressive and carefully selected, and the lighting by cinematographer Ellen Kuras is beautiful without feeling self-conscious or showy.
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And somewhere in South End, a Patagonia vest just got a little self-conscious.
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“Unenterprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenterprising. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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