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frump/frumpy

because one of the two definitions of "frump" is an unattractive girl/woman and because the terms are commonly reserved for women, you may need alternatives: slob, sloven, unkempt person, stick-in-the-mud; dowdy, slovenly, unkempt, tacky, drab, old-fashioned, unfashionable, out-of-date, staid.


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