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However, for fashion, the 1980s trend is already over; it is the 90s – the cool, pared-back, unfrivolous chic of designers such as Helmut Lang – that is being revived now.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2010

Frugal and unfrivolous, she epitomized the solid Dutch virtues.

From Time Magazine Archive

B. was a little "émue" at first when she saw how many people there were, but it didn't last and she was excellent, so perfectly correct, and unfrivolous, and boring.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King