unglamorous

British  

/ ʌnˈɡlæmərəs /

adjective

1. lacking in glamour, allure, or fascination

   the unglamorous side of the music business

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Example Sentences

Like his dozens of novels — the latest a collaboration with Reese Witherspoon — it involves a, wait for it, final twist, though as a writer he’d never create characters so unglamorous.

From Los Angeles Times

The leap in its value was attributed in part to investors’ desire to acquire unglamorous yet financially well-performing shopping centers.

From Los Angeles Times

It is slow, unglamorous work for his volunteers wearing shirts and caps in party colours of ketchup red and mustard yellow, often involving speaking to groups of just a handful of voters at a time.

From Barron's

Labeling him “the first Impressionist,” it presents Pissarro as a painter who led the way, albeit one focused on unglamorous aspects of everyday life, mostly in the countryside outside Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you want your kids’ future secured, do the unglamorous work: Eliminate debt; own productive assets that generate income; teach them money isn’t magic.

From MarketWatch