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  • adjective Not gimmicky.

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un- +‎ gimmicky

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Examples

  • "Sins of the Mother" is the kind of play that hinges on a series of genuinely startling revelations, so I'll say only that four of the five characters (Brian Claudio Smith plays an ungimmicky double role) are New England stevedores trapped in a dying trade.

    Five Angry Men Terry Teachout 2010

  • "Julia did something so ungimmicky and I think that's alien in a contemporary way," says Nigella Lawson, a popular English author and cook.

    Sandra Lee: The Anti-Julia 2009

  • It's a straight, ungimmicky style that shows a dialogue between the subjects and the photographer.

    SFGate: Top News Stories mmay@sfchronicle.com (Meredith May 2011

  • From the owners of Pair, an ungimmicky tribute to the good old days.

    Seattle Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

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