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Recent Examples of unsexy
The unsexy work that creates sexy results.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Spending time outside for long stretches away from home requires basic, unsexy necessities.
—Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
Wanting the same things, being in the same stage of life, and being aligned on your values—these are the unsexy things that make a loving relationship a lasting one.
—Grace Aldridge
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Plunkett was the unsung hero of that England team, the man who bowled the unsexy middle overs and invariably picked up crucial wickets: three of which came in the final, during that extraordinary win over New Zealand.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 29 July 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Spending time outside for long stretches away from home requires basic, unsexy necessities.
—Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
Wanting the same things, being in the same stage of life, and being aligned on your values—these are the unsexy things that make a loving relationship a lasting one.
—Grace Aldridge
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Plunkett was the unsung hero of that England team, the man who bowled the unsexy middle overs and invariably picked up crucial wickets: three of which came in the final, during that extraordinary win over New Zealand.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 29 July 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 5 Nov. 2025.
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