unglamorous

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The stuff which keeps the web running is unglamorous plumbing.

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not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

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adjective

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unglamorous.

adjective

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

See also: commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamourous

Example sentences

The stuff which keeps the web running is unglamorous plumbing.

I want the people making the software I use to be ready and willing to do tough and unglamorous work that makes my experience better.

They typically focus on unglamorous but technically challenging problems of the kind that require deep expertise.

Some already are there, but the field is generally unglamorous and you can get much better pay for a job that doesn't involve your deep knowledge of microcontrollers at all. Bah, even if you're a civil engineer starting with just a basic knowledge of programming, unless you get lucky you'll get incentives to switch into developing knock-off websites way too many times.

My situation was somewhat similar to the one of the poster: project really not that interesting, unglamorous company, so-so salary, but casual atmosphere and not much to do, and I got to keep a lot of energy available to study and pursue my own coding projects.