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Recent Examples of unshowy
His movies are often in motion, and there’s a vibrant, fast-moving, yet unshowy energy to CRA, which moves briskly from one ornate setting to the next (though none of the film’s visuals can match the majesty that is Ken Jeong’s Versace bomber jacket, which looks like it was flown in from Sgt.
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Pia Ceres, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2018
Taking its aesthetic from the cool neutrality of institutional settings, the film has a sleek but unshowy aesthetic nicely supported by all design and tech contributors.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
As a pivotal but unshowy sequence, the campfire scene required fine-tuning at every stage.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
Men’s fragrance was a relatively unshowy hygienic product until the 1970s, when Paco Rabanne’s Pour Homme helped reframe cologne as a fashion statement, said Paul Austin, the founder of a fragrance and branding agency, Austin Advisory Group.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 May 2024
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Pia Ceres, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2018
Taking its aesthetic from the cool neutrality of institutional settings, the film has a sleek but unshowy aesthetic nicely supported by all design and tech contributors.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
As a pivotal but unshowy sequence, the campfire scene required fine-tuning at every stage.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
Men’s fragrance was a relatively unshowy hygienic product until the 1970s, when Paco Rabanne’s Pour Homme helped reframe cologne as a fashion statement, said Paul Austin, the founder of a fragrance and branding agency, Austin Advisory Group.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshowy
Adjective
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This quiet, unobtrusive process pays deterrence dividends far beyond the individual case, as would-be felony shoplifters come to learn that the store deploys this technology and then decide against taking the risk in the first place.—
Freddy Kuo,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Controlling and setting the movement is a simple matter: While the crown controls the minutes on both dials as well as the hours on the front dial, the hours on the secondary time zone are adjusted via an unobtrusive slider revealed when the case is disengaged from its carriage.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The message itself was unremarkable – just another tech announcement on X – but its implications were anything but ordinary.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Gentry Lee is a remarkable man who is also thoroughly unremarkable.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Hidden among dense mangroves on the island’s southern coast, known widely as Aruba’s safest and most peaceful area, Aruba Ocean Villas is so inconspicuous that even native Arubans jokingly debate its existence.—
Ashlee Marie Preston,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Always test on an inconspicuous area first to be sure.—
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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At the time, unnoticeable hair loss felt like the least of my worries.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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Except that could be slim enough to be unnoticeable in the hand, but thick enough to handle a bigger cell inside.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Shannon Riley, founder and CEO of Building 180 – an art production and consulting agency that arranged the installation – told USA TODAY battery and funding reasons limit the subtle chest motions that mimic breathing to an hour a day, from 5-6 p.m.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Here, the power lies in subtle luxury—heritage made tangible.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic, observant.—
Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2021
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The beat is steady and usually unemphatic; the song circles through three chords again and again.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
6 July 2018
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“Unshowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshowy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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