informal
Example Sentences
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Nearly two dozen European football association heads held informal talks in Budapest last week to discuss their participation in the World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times
While "border tsar" is an informal term and position, it refers to an executive-branch role overseeing border and immigration policy across multiple agencies.
From BBC
Sporong is an informal settlement about 50 kilometres from Johannesburg, South Africa's economic capital that was built on a gold rush 140 years ago.
From Barron's
The way football is broadcast manages to obliterate any difference between an informal consumer and a face-painting fanatic.
From Los Angeles Times
Barack Obama was criticized for answering reporters’ questions in an “informal” tan suit, while Secretary of Labor George Shultz was once lampooned for appearing in an “old-fashioned” double-breasted suit.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
