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Meanings of unglamorous in English

Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement.

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Examples for "commonplace"
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Though commonplace today, the technique was not widely used at the time.
Wired
2
But conflict between the branches of government is commonplace in our history.
War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
3
Since the collapse of Communism, of course, Hayek's arguments have become commonplace.
The new yorker
4
But the girl he loves shows him the beauty in the commonplace.
The Gay Cockade
5
The English saying 'pride comes before a fall' reflects the commonplace occurrence.
Hitler 1936 - 1945: Nemesis
1
I sometimes wonder whether the situation isn't even more prosaic than that.
Masked
2
In truth, the world of persuasion is a good deal more prosaic.
The new yorker
3
In the end the climax of the love-making had been prosaic enough.
Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
4
Alas, no answers present themselves in the dull, tuneless, prosaic final product.
The Irish Times
5
But the reasoning of the prosaic Englishman was thrown to the winds:
The Book of the Bush / Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the ...
1
This was a humdrum occasion and, at times, a rather sloppy display.
The Irish Times
2
England lost three wickets carelessly on the way to a humdrum victory.
The Guardian
3
In her humdrum life the falling away of Mrs. Tufton loomed catastrophic.
The Red Planet
4
Their peculiar talents are hidden by the obscurity of humdrum, honest labor.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
5
She opened it, and stepped out of the humdrum into the whirligig.
The Drums of Jeopardy
1
The film star was dressed for bed in a very unglamourous, extra-large man's T-shirt.
The next to die
2
At the stage door there were no crowds of groupies or fans - just forty unglamourous people waiting for backstage passes.
The new yorker
3
Some might say that Portadown were stuck in limbo last season, sucked into the unglamourous atmosphere of All-Ireland League Division Three.
The Irish Times
Usage of unglamorous in English
1
But its highly-educated locals largely shun the late hours and unglamorous work.
Reuters
2
Production values are thrifty but resourcefully deployed to accentuate the unglamorous environment.
Reuters
3
For a generally unglamorous and rather functional product, primer elicits much conversation.
The Irish Times
4
In other words, it shows the unglamorous side of the jet-lag life.
Ebony
5
Instead it showed an unglamorous face of dull complexity and incessant wrangling.
Atonement
6
DNS was the unglamorous underbelly of the Internet, but it had amazing powers.
Wired
7
That transition has put the unglamorous battery in a starring role.
Reuters
8
Latecomers miss out on the unglamorous seating and make do with the floor.
Reuters
9
It turned out to be about the most unglamorous thing you could imagine.
The Irish Times
10
He was prosaic, unglamorous, he was of the earth, the grass.
The darkest road
11
This is the unadulterated, unglamorous, unthrilling life of the drug addict.
Junky
12
The French population is inflamed over one unglamorous issue: immigration.
The Irish Times
13
And he held her for a bit, while she had a good, unglamorous cry.
The Fireman
14
In fact, there are some moments that are downright unglamorous.
The Guardian
15
Come back good old sale by private treaty - boring and unglamorous but safe.
The Irish Times
16
They attend every single launch, no matter how unglamorous the payload or inhospitable the hour.
Wired
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Unglamorous through the time