as in inappropriate
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste
forced to wear a styleless uniform for her restaurant job, she loves to dress up on weekends
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for styleless
Adjective
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Some praised the Hitch star for looking happy and returning to music, while others said that the onstage moment of attempting to kiss Martinez was inappropriate.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025 -
Doing so discourages inappropriate behavior with clear sanctions that are duly communicated to the entire organization, while good behavior is rewarded.—
Susana Sierra,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Polar research and expeditions were considered inherently masculine endeavors unsuitable for women during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, which began in 1897 and lasted until 1922.—
Nicole Edenedo,
AFAR Media,
3 Mar. 2025
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When the wildly unsuitable secretary of defense announces there will be 8% cuts in our military budget for each of the next five years, some weapons programs will be reduced or cancelled to meet that goal.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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King-Hammond suggested yet another factor: his focus on people, and not formalist ideas, was unfashionable in the eyes of art history’s shapers.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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But here’s the thing: these seemingly unfashionable socks are more than just a snug and stretchy medical necessity.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The piece is an antique that wasn't fashionable for many decades, but many jewels once considered fussy or unstylish have now been embraced again.—
Stephanie Petit,
Peoplemag,
8 Dec. 2023
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Slippery soles, cold toes, and unstylish footwear should be avoided at all costs.—
Roxanne Adamiyatt,
Town & Country,
29 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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The resulting odorless and tasteless solution is packed into LND101 capsules, The pancreatic cancer patients will take the pills on a specific dosage calendar.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Office’s more tasteless moments remain hysterically funny thanks to the show’s empathy: this was a series that punched up, not down.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For such an inelegant behavior to be in chatbots as widespread and popular as GPT is a blunt reminder of two larger, seemingly contrary phenomena.—
Jonathan L. Zittrain,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
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The result has been a competition that has felt, at times, unwieldy and inelegant and exhausting.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Fixes an issue where certain text hints in combat were incorrect when using a Friend's Support character Trailblazer.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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But a New York Times analysis of the $55 billion in savings claimed by DOGE found that the math is marred with accounting errors, incorrect assumptions, outdated data and other mistakes.—
Talmon Joseph Smith,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Agency leaders must also be mindful of compliance—misleading ads not only attract the wrong people but also risk legal trouble.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Other indicators consistently suggested Trump had the upper hand, such as weak Biden approval ratings, belief that the country was on the wrong track, and the strength of candidates on the main issue, inflation.—
Clifford Young,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Styleless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/styleless. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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