: 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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Outside takes care of the unglamorous professional work, like cutting vents through the sheet metal and bolstering structural steel, leaving the fun part of designing and developing a floor plan full of furniture, appliances and accessories to the buyer.
—New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2025
Europe and its partners also need to reengage in the hard and unglamorous work of encouraging inclusive governance in Libya.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2025
Experiencing work - even in its most routine and unglamorous forms - can provide invaluable perspective.
—Marvin Krislov, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
One of those is U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who has quietly undertaken the complex, unglamorous work of reintroducing some structure and process into tariff policy.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
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New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2025
Europe and its partners also need to reengage in the hard and unglamorous work of encouraging inclusive governance in Libya.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2025
Experiencing work - even in its most routine and unglamorous forms - can provide invaluable perspective.
—Marvin Krislov, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
One of those is U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who has quietly undertaken the complex, unglamorous work of reintroducing some structure and process into tariff policy.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unglamorous
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“Unglamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unglamorous. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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