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Recent Examples of frumpy
For 2026, the current-generation Prius returns with the same basic formula — excellent efficiency — wrapped in a design that’s finally not so frumpy.
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Brian Moody, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Linda is not the right kind of people person for the job, Bradley tells her — and yes, Send Help’s insistence that McAdams’s character is frumpy and repellant requires more suspension of disbelief than anything else in the movie.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
However, this dad’s day out kit makes Popyrin, 26, look frumpy.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The pair also has a slightly oversized fit that’s relaxed without looking frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
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Brian Moody, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Linda is not the right kind of people person for the job, Bradley tells her — and yes, Send Help’s insistence that McAdams’s character is frumpy and repellant requires more suspension of disbelief than anything else in the movie.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
However, this dad’s day out kit makes Popyrin, 26, look frumpy.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The pair also has a slightly oversized fit that’s relaxed without looking frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frumpy
Adjective
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In short, the frumpish foursome were suggesting that holders of the top judicial office, current and former, tried to influence justice by shunting cases towards particular judges.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
18 Jan. 2018
Adjective
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The worker was accused of failing to safeguard confidential patient information, conduct unbecoming of a public employee and other offenses.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Gena brought me back to my childhood faith – in which compromise was unbecoming, transparency was a virtue, humility was required, and belief was daily practiced.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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As a child, Salinas spent countless hours in his father’s sooty workshop, watching him transform unshapely metal into useful objects.—
Elisabeth Biondi,
The New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2019
Adjective
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Lamar’s performance of his slanderous mambo was the only real moment of drama and tension amid the Philadelphia Eagles’ unaesthetic beatdown of the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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Insufficient split, bent and separated legs and unaesthetic body position are a few of the others that fall under that category.—
Skyler Caruso,
Peoplemag,
1 Aug. 2024
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By this time, as an infection from the rusty nail courses through his body, Carroll has become a physically repulsive wreck, an open sore, riddled with gunge and pus.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
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More also cheat on their working wife or are found to be repulsive by their spouse.—
Eric Magnuson,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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Most of Becket’s relatives are loathsome (Grace is funny as a fraudulent self-help quasi-religious guru), though his uncle (the great Bill Camp) is a decent fellow who wants to lend Becket a hand.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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In the show’s first episode, Jaquel Spivey, who starred in the Broadway production of A Strange Loop, a musical about the experience of being a self-hating fat gay Black man, is introduced as a loathsome incel.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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The amount of disrespect shown the Broncos is disgusting.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Building Alligator Alcatraz and being proud of treating people inhumanely while at the same time stealing money for his charity is disgusting.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Frumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frumpy. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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