unglamorous en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- English glamor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English glamorous English unglamorous From un- + glamorous.
Meanings
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Not glamorous; humdrum or prosaic.
And at the unglamorous end of upgrade work, it plans to improve drainage.
2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Trans-Pennine... transformative”, in RAIL, number 970, page 38:Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.
2014 August 23, Neil Hegarty, “Hidden City: Adventures and Explorations in Dublin by Karl Whitney, review: 'a necessary corrective' [print version: Re-Joycing in Dublin, p. R25]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unglamorous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unglamorous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (4)
nb uglamorøs (not glamorous) · nn uglamorøs (not glamorous) · da uglamorøs (not glamorous) · sv oglamorös (not glamorous)