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as in slovenly
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as in undemanding
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Recent Examples of unfussy
Renowned British designer Malcolm McKeon, famous for creating elegant, unfussy sailing yachts, penned the exterior, combining the sleekness and balance of a sloop with the volume and comfort of a superyacht.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
Bathed in neutral tones, the interior spaces are calm and unfussy—complete with furniture that feels chosen for comfort, not display.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
Frank unpacks with military precision and quickly makes the spartan space his own; neat but unfussy.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
Rachel Riggs’ signature unfussy cake asks for just one bowl, a single whisk and 10 minutes to get the oven ready.
—CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
Bathed in neutral tones, the interior spaces are calm and unfussy—complete with furniture that feels chosen for comfort, not display.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
Frank unpacks with military precision and quickly makes the spartan space his own; neat but unfussy.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
Rachel Riggs’ signature unfussy cake asks for just one bowl, a single whisk and 10 minutes to get the oven ready.
—CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfussy
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To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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The other near certainty in Lead Actor should be Gary Oldman, who anchors Slow Horses with a slovenly charisma that is, against all odds, deeply watchable.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
24 May 2025
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What an undemanding fantasy Carmen is: an old-fashioned Greatest Generation stoic who’s also young and has never heard of women’s lib.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
20 Nov. 2025
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On occasion an angry local would hurl verbal abuse at them, but the soldiers simply shrugged and carried on what appeared to be an undemanding assignment.—
Tim Reid,
Reuters,
24 Aug. 2025
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Inappropriate client interaction such as hounding a woman to come over to his house late at night and slipshod work that ended with a grandmother’s eviction got a Daytona Beach attorney suspended from his law career for two years.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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In other words, the track was intentionally slipshod.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
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Watching thrillers or murders on TV (and now on OTT platforms) and turning into an uncritical enthusiast of plot in the evenings is similarly indispensable to openness to plotlessness during the day.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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There’s really nothing a politician desires more than an uncritical propaganda platform.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Fighting inflation by raising interest rates is lazy policy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Not to sound lazy, but there are some pretty neat inventions that have come along to make this process much easier.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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Yes, despite her gender-fluid appearance and undiscriminating appeal, Labubu is a girl.—
Lara Johnson-Wheeler,
Vogue,
31 May 2025
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And beyond apparent agency, the jury didn’t find the company to be negligent or have defective safety systems.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Wells went on trial for his wife’s murder in 2024, but a jury that February only convicted him of criminally negligent homicide.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The result is a haphazard vision for a future that the Bulls still haven’t fully fleshed out.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Cheung has also documented the haphazard quality of the operation, as in one photograph showing a gun magazine left in the snow after agents departed from a scene.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Unfussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfussy. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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