(chiefly, US, dated, idiomatic) Having no physically attractive characteristics, but not blatantly ugly; very plain in appearance.
1850 October 7, "A Trifling Mistake," The Adams Sentinal (Gettysbury, Pennsylvania), [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2237&dat=18501007&id=-80lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DfMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6198,644950 p. 1 (Google news archive)]
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