as in frumpy
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Recent Examples of unshapely
As a child, Salinas spent countless hours in his father’s sooty workshop, watching him transform unshapely metal into useful objects.
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Elisabeth Biondi, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2019
Elisabeth Biondi, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshapely
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
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Unlike its frumpy counterparts, the body-skimming dress adds intrigue with its ruched bodice, puff sleeves, open back, and side slit.Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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There is no denying that Donald Trump has engaged in behavior that is unacceptable and unbecoming of any leader — let alone a president of the United States.Maggie Astor, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
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To have lived through an encompassing albeit unbecoming love and have survived it with all the parts of herself intact feels like a triumph.Vulture, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
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Insufficient split, bent and separated legs and unaesthetic body position are a few of the others that fall under that category.Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
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Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Palmer’s has gone viral on TikTok as an unaesthetic—yet nourishing and effective—skincare brand.Chaunie Brusie, RN, Parents, 5 Apr. 2024
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But that face is all the better to leer at his creator with, and Ito’s Frankenstein does a wonderful job at capturing a man being chased by his own abominable choices.Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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His new home is a notorious federal jail in New York City known for extreme violence and abominable medical care.Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
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Indy’s reverence for art was hardly shared by the Nazis, who in the game are most notably represented by a loathsome archaeologist nemesis called Emmerich Voss.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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That loathsome, condescending, low-brow slur would apparently include the 74 million people who voted for Trump in 2020, a record only Biden himself has bettered on his way to being maybe the worst president ever.Jay Ambrose, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2024
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The scent, which at first was sort of fine, very quickly became genuinely repulsive.Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 remake reminds viewers that centuries-old vampire lore can be just as frightening as the imaginations of the present day, by highlighting the repulsive yet seductive dynamic between predator and prey.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
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Most modern bloodsuckers are not this profoundly physically disgusting.Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
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Jones had used Infowars to spread some of the most disturbing and disgusting lies and conspiracy theories into the public discourse.Hadas Gold, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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The supermodel layered three gold necklaces: one plain chain, one a string of medallions that recalls a cowboy belt, and a bigger pendant.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
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But Carter never changed his rhetoric, always using plain talk and avoiding fancy words.George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Unshapely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshapely. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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