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  • adjective Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane.

Etymologies

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glamour +‎ -less

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Examples

  • I picked 3 and 24 and 32 (twice) because they're easy to remember, but then chose the glamourless number 81 as the joker in the deck.

    Bill, About That Code Snafu: We Understand Joe Queenan 2010

  • Finally her parents decided that the only thing to cure her would be a short time on the stage, in order that she might see how glamourless it was.

    Marie Connor Leighton Steve 2010

  • He backed up Chad Pennington, and then Brett Favre, and then Mr. Sanchez last season, though even that glamourless role could be ending.

    Clemens Barely Holding On as Jets' No. 3 Quarterback 2010

  • Finally her parents decided that the only thing to cure her would be a short time on the stage, in order that she might see how glamourless it was.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Steve 2010

  • "" It's like minor-league baseball, '' says Casey, a slog of mini-tours, often on second-rate courses in glamourless towns.

    From The Rough 2008

  • That's included TV appearances on "Rosie O'Donnell" and MTV, but it's more likely to mean glamourless soccer clinics and autograph sessions for teen fans.

    A Cup Full Of Cash 2008

  • It is this ancient wisdom that McGill and his colleagues are reflecting, no doubt unconsciously, when they allow for no transition stage between the honeymoon couple and those glamourless figures, Mum and Dad.

    The Art of Donald McGill 1942

  • It is this ancient wisdom that McGill and his colleagues are reflecting, no doubt unconsciously, when they allow for no transition stage between the honeymoon couple and those glamourless figures, Mum and

    Collected Essays 1900

  • Skilful while professional; flashy, yet substantial; good-humoured, but focused, always willing to give 100% to a perpetually glamourless cause: Jay-Jay, you're always welcome back here.

    The Guardian World News Toby Moses 2012

  • The locations in England and Jordan are garbage-strewn, skuzzy and glamourless, a comment on the grubbiness of private-contractor mercenary work and the shadowy corporate/government power systems that employ it.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

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