frumpish

Example Sentences

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In baggy pants and a man’s button-down, she looked frumpier than necessary, Hal thought, though maybe she’d always looked like this and Hal hadn’t been paying attention.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2018

She's frumpier than Mum, any day, and mousier.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell