fancy
adjective
ornamental; decorative; not plain.
unfancy
-
a word derived from
fancy.
Example Sentences
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We chose the 3-star White Elephant Home, where quiet, spacious but unfancy rooms within walking distance of a popular night market cost roughly $50 a night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Today, Nelson stands as one of the greatest songwriters we’ll ever know — a lyricist with a singular gift for unfancy profundity, and a singer who can turn time into a plaything.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023
Chandler says his sides can be polarizing: potatoes whipped to a slurry, except for the odd chunk, with peppery housemade gravy; purposefully unfancy, gluey-style American-and-cheddar macaroni and cheese; collard greens that skew quite sweet.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
As I say so often in this No. 1 hits series, nowadays, syncopated singing is rapping, and Polo possesses a placid, unfancy but mellifluous singing voice.
From Slate ● May 1, 2021
Yet all that seems a galaxy away as he eats breakfast at an unfancy diner on a quiet Midtown block of 11th Avenue, his only camouflage a baseball cap.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2010
