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as in slovenly
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as in undemanding
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Recent Examples of unfussy
While the fashion choices of first ladies are closely parsed, the president-elect today is expected to wear an unfussy overcoat — a must for a January day in Washington — and, beneath it, as bland a business uniform as imaginable.
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Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjacent to Emeril's Brasserie is Emeril's Petite Brasserie, a to-go counter for unfussy morning and daytime fare.
—Katie Chang, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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If the Loro look—polished, unfussy, deliberately restrained—has a time to shine, now is the moment.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
Equally, unfussy street stands and homestyle restaurants, always beloved but never quite awarded, are getting their moment in the spotlight.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
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Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjacent to Emeril's Brasserie is Emeril's Petite Brasserie, a to-go counter for unfussy morning and daytime fare.
—Katie Chang, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Related Video Vogue’s Best Celebrity Makeup Moments of 2024
If the Loro look—polished, unfussy, deliberately restrained—has a time to shine, now is the moment.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
Equally, unfussy street stands and homestyle restaurants, always beloved but never quite awarded, are getting their moment in the spotlight.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unfussy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfussy
Adjective
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Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff but is nonetheless a brilliant spymaster in his own smelly way.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
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Corruption within the organization, after all, is as much a part of the show as Jackson Lamb’s slovenly habits and horrible diet.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2024
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Nonetheless, this is pleasantly undemanding fare targeting younger kids, and Ferrell is quite charming in the role.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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Its function is for undemanding use and its nostalgic output.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The overuse of various kinds of dubious medicines and treatments for COVID-19 is emblematic of the government’s slipshod response to the pandemic.—
Ramanan Laxminarayan,
Foreign Affairs,
26 May 2021
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Republican poll watching during the 2020 Presidential election was something of a slipshod endeavor, more of a last-minute suggestion than a concerted effort; this year, the R.N.C. and the Trump campaign celebrated National Poll Watcher Week.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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For a longer if equally uncritical account of the cartel’s activities, see Osram chairman William Meinhardt’s Entwicklung und Aufbau der Glühlampenindustrie (Carl Heymanns Verlag, 1932).—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Sep. 2014
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Defeated and afraid, the leadership in Helsinki settled into a long period of uncritical neutrality toward, if not subservience to, the Kremlin.—
Jussi M. Hanhimäki,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2024
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The man’s pretty mouth is curved into a lazy grin, arms crossed over his superb chest.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Lobster Pappardelle made with a 1.25-lb lazy lobster, English peas, fresh pappardelle pasta and sherry thyme cream is also available for $45.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Tiger alleges that Verizon was negligent and sought class certification for all utility pole workers who were occupationally exposed to Verizon's lead-sheathed cables in Pennsylvania.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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Partners at Andreessen Horowitz, the blue-chip venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, defended to investors their decision to hire Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide last year, according to an internal memo viewed by The New York Times.—
Mike Isaac,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Narrative has always felt very natural to me, probably because I was raised in a household of storytellers, and because formal linearity affords me a sense of aesthetic control over my very haphazard, exilic life.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
16 Jan. 2025
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But most of those efforts were haphazard, devolved into infighting among Chicanosauruses and didn’t develop into a full-fledged movement.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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As the moon meets Jupiter, this mindset is optimistic at best and irresponsible at worst.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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Here’s a striking statistic: 59% of Americans say that irresponsible spending is a bigger turnoff than bad breath.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Unfussy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfussy. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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