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  • adjective Not fancy.

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non- +‎ fancy

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Examples

  • Working at a nonfancy job meets the latest “trends in selection criteria” for college admissions, but it also teaches the cosmic lesson of empathy, of walking in the shoes of people who work very, very hard for low wages.

    The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010

  • This is fancy food — the rustic, carefully raised, simple stuff that costs a fortune these days (think of Whole Foods) — at prices nonfancy folk can afford.

    The Supermarket of the Future 2007

  • This is fancy food — the rustic, carefully raised, simple stuff that costs a fortune these days (think of Whole Foods) — at prices nonfancy folk can afford.

    The Supermarket of the Future 2007

  • We had thought to go to the British Club (where Joss and Sue are members - it's a nonfancy club for expats, basically - where you can play tennis and swim laps and order a "full"

    womantalk.org 2009

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