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Recent Examples of unsexy
One of the fastest-rising startups today is Ramp, operating in the oh-so-unsexy corporate finance and credit card space.
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Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Whether this recent momentum becomes a lasting foothold will come down to the unsexy work—retention curves, stability, and a cadence of features people actually keep using—but for now, the formula is translating into real momentum.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
The unsexy work that creates sexy results.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Spending time outside for long stretches away from home requires basic, unsexy necessities.
—Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
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Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Whether this recent momentum becomes a lasting foothold will come down to the unsexy work—retention curves, stability, and a cadence of features people actually keep using—but for now, the formula is translating into real momentum.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
The unsexy work that creates sexy results.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Spending time outside for long stretches away from home requires basic, unsexy necessities.
—Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsexy
unerotic
Adjective
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The director Ninja Thyberg’s new film is graphic yet deeply unerotic.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2022
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Holbein was sensitive but cautiously unerotic in picturing women, who are usually sombre.—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2022
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“Unsexy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsexy. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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