The word "unglamorous" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that lacks glamour or is not attractive or exciting. Example: "Despite its unglamorous appearance, the small town has a rich history and vibrant community." Alternatives include "unremarkable" or "mundane."
The unglamorous consists of all those things in the city that we take very little note of, but which are absolutely essential for our lives and our identities.
The evidence before us strongly suggests that investment in the unglamorous technologies, frameworks and infrastructures that are already known to underwrite citizen participation would result in better outcomes for tens of millions of ordinary Indians – and would shoulder the state with far-less onerous a financial burden – than investment in the high-tech chimeras of centralised control.
After all the prodigious work of the back-rows – Justin Tipuric could be added to the starting six from Wales-Ireland for impact and sheer cussed indefatigability and Courtney Lawes did his normal interpretation of a flanker playing in the wrong row – the title will be decided by the somehow unglamorous calculation of points difference.
And much of the media attention on Ebola has focused on the need for a miracle vaccine, instead of examining the vital yet unglamorous issue of medical infrastructure.
Rachel's hope is that in Glory she has rehabilitated a man who seemed a rather unglamorous footnote and given him his true weight in her family history: in May, she says, about 180 of his descendants are gathering to celebrate and reclaim him.
When mentioning my home turf, I have got used to the look of puzzlement that settles on the faces of cosmopolitan journalists or government folk, more familiar with the souks of Marrakech than this unglamorous patch of north London.
He was a role model, yes, but probably not the go-to-guy to treat unglamorous stuff like infected toenails.
This detailed description gives voice to the collective unglamorous.
Although this may be considered a tough, unglamorous job, I wouldn't change it for the world.
Despite this monumental setback, McGrady remained a key SDLP figure through the frustrations of several unsuccessful political initiatives in subsequent years, serving in various senior but unglamorous background party posts.
"Shopping your closet" is the glossy magazine term invented about the same time as "Recessionista" – when stylists were desperately looking to put a glamorous-sounding spin on the very unglamorous practice of reining it in.
