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• n  having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance

• That temple of dowdiness, the British Museum, gets a magnificent makeover.
• That temple of dowdiness, the British Museum, gets a magnificent makeover Let Them Eat Fries As baguettes make way for Big Macs, a new book says France may be losing the good food .
• Lincoln Zephyr Easily the market leader in dowdiness, Lincoln is trying to go sleeker and younger with this $30,000 entry-level luxury car.

• drabness
• homeliness