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as in slovenly
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as in undemanding
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Recent Examples of unfussy
Last but certainly not least is this white-button-and-black-skirt combo that’s perhaps as unfussy as an elegant outfit gets.
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Eva Thomas, InStyle, 18 Feb. 2026
Where to Apres Ski Apple’s Bar & Grill Apple’s anchors the Warm Springs après-ski scene, where bargoers spill in straight from the lifts for cold beers, stiff cocktails, and unfussy comfort food.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
De Nada is loud, busy, unfussy and full of people who do not care about your emotional arc.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
But the film belongs to Farmer, Jacobs’ own grandmother, who gives Hettie an unfussy sturdiness of mien and spirit to counter the growing, sighing frailty of her person, and a steady, narrow stare that occasionally seems to see through time.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
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Eva Thomas, InStyle, 18 Feb. 2026
Where to Apres Ski Apple’s Bar & Grill Apple’s anchors the Warm Springs après-ski scene, where bargoers spill in straight from the lifts for cold beers, stiff cocktails, and unfussy comfort food.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
De Nada is loud, busy, unfussy and full of people who do not care about your emotional arc.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
But the film belongs to Farmer, Jacobs’ own grandmother, who gives Hettie an unfussy sturdiness of mien and spirit to counter the growing, sighing frailty of her person, and a steady, narrow stare that occasionally seems to see through time.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfussy
Adjective
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And this is where the movie takes off from retro mythology to become its own slovenly mod thing.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Tough, undemanding, and rarely bothered by pests, a cheery patch of daffodils can last for generations.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
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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
Adjective
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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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In mid-2025, when mainstream analyst firms were still parroting uncritical AI hype before investor sentiment turned cold in December, the number of US AI users who regularly paid for the privilege stood at a whopping 3 percent.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
25 Feb. 2026
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In a long-ago movie, emblematic of America’s uncritical, dangerous addiction to nostalgia, Kevin Costner played a farmer who mows down his corn field in order to create a baseball diamond so that the ghosts of former baseball players can come and play there.—
Sayantani DasGupta
February 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This is where lazy Jordan comes in.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Esteemed writers fall back on lazy analogies and text like drunk high schoolers.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Eating like a child, Veit explains, was once understood to mean being overly excited and undiscriminating about food, not being picky.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
17 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
Adjective
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HOAs would not be liable for problems caused by such systems unless the HOA was grossly negligent regarding them.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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The suit claims the parties are negligent for improperly training staff and not supervising security staff.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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During a fiery congressional hearing last month, Democrats excoriated Bondi over haphazard redactions in the Epstein files that exposed intimate details about victims and included nude photographs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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During a fiery congressional hearing last month, Democrats excoriated Bondi over haphazard redactions in the Epstein files that exposed intimate details about victims and included nude photographs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Unfussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfussy. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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