: not excitingly attractive : not glamorous
unglamorous work
… only 80 pay to enter this unglamorous, graffiti-scarred brick building with views of the Thames.—
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Then, as now, the real work of reform was done in large part from the ground up, via the creation of unglamorous organizations like local Rotary Clubs, which, as the political scientist Robert Putnam has pointed out, amassed enormous social capital for progressive causes by . . .
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Ever-so-matted hair and obnoxiously oversize sunglasses sold the look, giving a delicious, greasy spin on what is normally an unglamorous scenario.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 23 Feb. 2025
Photo: Courtesy Cafe Commerce In the last few years, what was once a sleepy, unglamorous section of the Upper East Side — specifically the area east of Lexington Avenue — has become, somewhat improbably, a destination.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2025
But with users, one unglamorous application of Clay’s software was resonating above all: go-to-market efforts, centered mostly on the spreadsheet part.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Ever-so-matted hair and obnoxiously oversize sunglasses sold the look, giving a delicious, greasy spin on what is normally an unglamorous scenario.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 23 Feb. 2025
Photo: Courtesy Cafe Commerce In the last few years, what was once a sleepy, unglamorous section of the Upper East Side — specifically the area east of Lexington Avenue — has become, somewhat improbably, a destination.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2025
But with users, one unglamorous application of Clay’s software was resonating above all: go-to-market efforts, centered mostly on the spreadsheet part.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Unglamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unglamorous. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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