dowdy
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The company also saw that its selection was dowdy and uninspiring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
The character of Dame Edna began as a dowdy Mrs. Norm Everage who first took to the stage in Humphries’ hometown of Melbourne in the mid-1950s.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023
It opened hundreds of stores, from fashionable neighborhoods like SoHo in New York to dowdy airports.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023
Ella’s a model and New York socialite with a penchant for wearing collegiate, dowdy clothes that the New York Times referred to as “Wes Anderson chic” around the time of President Biden’s inauguration.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
I felt a little dowdy in my clothes, tbh, which was crap because it’s what’s inside that matters and I’d been proud of my T-shirt and glitter Keds at my house, parental comments aside.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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