unshowy

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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. 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 See all Example Sentences for unshowy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshowy
Adjective
  • An 8-speed automatic and all-wheel drive (AWD) are standard—both are unobtrusive and buttery smooth in operation.
    Michael Harley, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The color scheme was an unobtrusive if unremarkable mix of taupes and grays, which, in retrospect, offered its own respite from the technicolor experience on the rest of the ship.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Groundhog Day celebrations also revolve around Phil's forecast, making the prophetic rodent and his family the focal point of an often otherwise unremarkable winter day.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The system, in other words, is quite safe, with more than ten million passenger flights per year, almost all of them unremarkable.
    Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • So, these inconspicuous glasses could be an attractive option for people who don't want to be identified as having hearing issues.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Silicon Valley Workers Quietly Protest: As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.
    Mike Isaac, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Barrett, a scruffy 34-year-old with a subtle surfer drawl, launched Almost Friday with his younger brothers, Max, 33, and Sam, 28.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic, observant.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • 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 16 Feb. 2025.

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