polyester

adjective

Definition of polyesternext
as in unsophisticated

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Recent Examples of polyester Get a cap and gown for a cool photo op No graduation day is complete without a photo shoot in a tasseled cap and hot, sweaty, polyester robe, right? — Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2020 Start with polyester thermal underwear for the base layer. — Deb Acord, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for polyester
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyester
  1. unsophisticated
  2. provincial
  3. rustic
  4. inelegant
  5. boorish
  6. backwoods
  7. clownish
  8. crude
Adjective
  • Each of those words is unsophisticated alone and devastating when strung together.
    — Joel Stein, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Ertz and Gesicki are likely to want to play for contenders, while Conklin and Johnson will look to cash in on a fairly unsophisticated market.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of unsophisticated
Adjective
  • There will be the usual provincial arguments about which league was actually the strongest.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • This year the rebels have made significant gains, including seizing the provincial capitals of Goma and Bukavu.
    — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of provincial
Adjective
  • The frame’s branches keep it rustic, but the plethora of colorful gerber daisies and ferns at the base add brightness.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Every Style 25 of 44 Build a Ladder Shelf Build or purchase a wooden ladder shelf to add a rustic element to your bathroom decor.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of rustic
Adjective
  • For such an inelegant behavior to be in chatbots as widespread and popular as GPT is a blunt reminder of two larger, seemingly contrary phenomena.
    — Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The result has been a competition that has felt, at times, unwieldy and inelegant and exhausting.
    — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of inelegant
Adjective
  • Delaney manages neighbor guy’s evolution from boorish slob to kind-hearted lover with ease, and Hoffman radiates a cool charisma as G. Sissy Spacek is predictably wonderful as Molly’s mother Gail, whose guilt over her daughter’s molestation led to a years-long estrangement.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But his alleged boorish behavior off-screen has also long made headlines.
    — John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of boorish
Adjective
  • Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2020
  • The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring .
    — Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2020
Definition of backwoods
Adjective
  • But Victor leans less into clownish mortification than her predecessors, making room instead for a delicate quietude and sincerity.
    — Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Redheads often fielded comments related to having a hot temper, being clownish, weirdness, Irishness, not capable of being in the sun, being wild (among women), wimpy (among men), and intellectually superior.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Definition of clownish
Adjective
  • More so, because bearish sentiment was already well entrenched in world’s crude markets before the latest events unfolded.
    — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The price of crude oil tumbled to its lowest level since 2021.
    — Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of crude

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