dowdy
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The company also saw that its selection was dowdy and uninspiring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
She wore dowdy skirts with equally drab cardigans.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
The character of Dame Edna began as a dowdy Mrs. Norm Everage, who first took to the stage in Humphries’ hometown of Melbourne in the mid-1950s.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023
With her head held high and her clear, unwavering gaze, a dowdy backpack strapped to her back, she doesn’t resemble one of pop culture’s fantasy gamines.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022
She was a fat, dowdy, middle-aged woman with black hair and a slight moustache, but she was made of human flesh.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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