unglamorousadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡlam(ə)rəs/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡlam(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡlæm(ə)rəs/ Lacking glamour; not exciting, thrilling, or attractive.
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1909 Burr McIntosh Monthly Sept. From her point of vantage in the unglamorous offing, the little bareback rider watched the acting of Mabel Taliaferro.
1960 Times 15 Jan. 16/4 Mr. David Tindle's unglamorous but sympathetically conceived ‘Girl dressing’.
1970 New York 29 June 58/3 When she must look etiolated with anguish and pain, she becomes utterly unglamorous.
1997 C. P. Dancey & S. Backhouse IBS ii. 30 Bowels and their problems are, at best, an unglamorous subject.
2007 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 7 Jan. 23/1 Kenny follows the unglamorous life of a portaloo employee.
Derivatives
unˈglamorousness n.
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1944 Daily Jrnl.-Gaz. (Mattoon, Illinois) 11 July 1/1 As proof of the unglamorousness of these names, the point was hopefully made that you couldn't write a song..out of such names.
2009 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 19 Apr. I loved the unglamorousness of it all, the endless meetings and files, the schoolboy behaviour..and the tongue-tied, cringe-making uselessness of everyone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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