adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dowdy (= unfashionable and unattractive )
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Dowdy clothes make you have less confidence in yourself.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a dowdy uniform
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dorothy is on the dowdy side.
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He could see the battered standard lamp, the mirror, the dowdy wallpaper.
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Its dowdy appearance is a handicap.
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Sometimes, Joan was the dowdy , make-up-less wallflower with curves that looked more like sacks.
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The betting industry needs to shake off its dowdy appearance and attract customers who will still be customers in the 21st century.
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Then the townhouses give way to dowdy apartment complexes with grimy windows facing the street.
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Those dancing next to her in the line always felt dowdy by comparison.
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To them, no doubt, I looked laughably dowdy .