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Recent Examples of unshowy
Taking its aesthetic from the cool neutrality of institutional settings, the film has a sleek but unshowy aesthetic nicely supported by all design and tech contributors.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
As a pivotal but unshowy sequence, the campfire scene required fine-tuning at every stage.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
Men’s fragrance was a relatively unshowy hygienic product until the 1970s, when Paco Rabanne’s Pour Homme helped reframe cologne as a fashion statement, said Paul Austin, the founder of a fragrance and branding agency, Austin Advisory Group.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 May 2024
King portrays her with the dignity, grit and passion of a trailblazer who made a difference, though the performance is rigorously unshowy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
As a pivotal but unshowy sequence, the campfire scene required fine-tuning at every stage.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
Men’s fragrance was a relatively unshowy hygienic product until the 1970s, when Paco Rabanne’s Pour Homme helped reframe cologne as a fashion statement, said Paul Austin, the founder of a fragrance and branding agency, Austin Advisory Group.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 May 2024
King portrays her with the dignity, grit and passion of a trailblazer who made a difference, though the performance is rigorously unshowy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshowy
Adjective
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There might be a way to create a small number of unobtrusive home sites on the south side of the property, along Southern Boulevard, and keep most of Mar-a-Lago safe for the future.—
Miami Herasld Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
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The unobtrusive buildings are made from local materials and there are just 11 minimalistic suites with a modern Japanese aesthetic.—
Christina Liao,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The video clip was paused at the start, showing a few Indiana Pacers players 90 feet from their own basket about to corral an unremarkable rebound.—
Fred Katz,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Bex, just the latest in a string of Clarice Starling-esque investigators whose genius stems from unremarkable trauma, has a dark secret.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Jan. 2025
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The darkness of the land gives it a dingy atmosphere like an actual swamp and, fittingly, an inconspicuous opening in a tree stump leads to Shrek's Merry Fairytale ride.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Test the product on an inconspicuous area of carpeting before incorporating it with your other cleaning products.—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The glasses connect right to your phone, and the sound is clear for the wearer but unnoticeable in a normal environment.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Dec. 2024
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Other rooms had no windows, which became masterfully unnoticeable in Kate Figler Interiors’ Venus Drawing Room, swathed in Gracie’s Linda’s Garden mural wall covering with a valance and drapery by Perennials that evokes the feeling of a windowed space.—
Anne Lee Phillips,
Architectural Digest,
28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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These subtle forms of communication—often overshadowed by verbal expression—strengthen emotional connections, offer comfort and convey understanding in ways words cannot.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
25 Jan. 2025
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For those who don’t mesh with the plum tones of Black Honey can shop Clinique Pink Honey instead, which offers the same sheer wash of color in an even more subtle pink tone.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic, observant.—
Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2021
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The beat is steady and usually unemphatic; the song circles through three chords again and again.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
6 July 2018
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“Unshowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshowy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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