dowdiness

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Isolated from the group of other local women, who are judgmental and close ranks against her for no reason other than her quietness and awkward dowdiness, Betty is shown mostly alone with an infant.

From Salon • May 15, 2022

Describing the relationship between Rachel and Tom, Ms. Lizzimore, speaking by telephone from London, used the word “dogged” then apologized for the word’s dowdiness.

From New York Times • May 25, 2017

After the dowdiness of Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower, they were looking for an aristocratic image.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2013

Like I said, it's slow and, Richardson aside, the entire cast seems to have been hired on the strength of their dowdiness.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2010

Miss Savage, he says, was short, fat, had hip disease, and "that kind of dowdiness which I used to associate with ladies who had been at school with my mother."

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan