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Recent Examples of unglamorous
The best toothbrush holders transform one such occasion of unglamorous storage into an opportunity for showing off your taste.
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 Feb. 2026
The film finds the Parisian icon navigating council houses, care homes and the unglamorous logistics of social services in contemporary London.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
The call to be a reliable teammate—and to take on unglamorous work—has long been a staple of executive advice to Gen Z employees.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Both memoirs prepare the lay gambler for a world of gruelling, bruising defeats and unglamorous back-of-the-envelope calculus.
—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 Feb. 2026
The film finds the Parisian icon navigating council houses, care homes and the unglamorous logistics of social services in contemporary London.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
The call to be a reliable teammate—and to take on unglamorous work—has long been a staple of executive advice to Gen Z employees.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Both memoirs prepare the lay gambler for a world of gruelling, bruising defeats and unglamorous back-of-the-envelope calculus.
—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unglamorous
Adjective
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Small-Business Mindset Listening to both Cook and Drew, all of this sounds unromantic in the best possible way.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
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Using these unromantic, 50,000-ton auxiliaries to test the new battleship hull-form, mechanical systems or electrical innovations makes sense.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Even on a dusty tarmac with the car riding on decidedly unexotic Michelin Pilot Sport 4S summer tires (the same rubber that was used to set its official 0–60 and quarter-mile times), the Nevera leapt off the line without a hint of wheelspin.—
Bradley Iger,
Ars Technica,
17 Aug. 2022
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Benefit’s popular cherry-red Benetint started life in 1976 as a nipple stain made for exotic dancers out of rose petals and carmine and later commercialized for the unexotic rest of us.—
Linda Wells,
Town & Country,
16 Apr. 2021
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“Unglamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unglamorous. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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