Usually means: Lack of style or neatness.
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▸ noun:  The characteristic of being dowdy; frumpiness; plainness.

Similar:
drabness, homeliness, dumpiness, frumpiness, dowfness, dotiness, frumpishness, downiness, dreariness, draftiness, more...

Opposite:
elegance, stylishness, chic, sophistication

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Similar:
drabness, homeliness, dumpiness, frumpiness, dowfness, dotiness, frumpishness, downiness, dreariness, draftiness, more...

Opposite:
elegance, stylishness, chic, sophistication



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