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An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person

An advocate of maintaining tradition, especially so as to resist change

Older unmarried woman

Someone who ruins the fun or enjoyment of others

Boringly conventional or conservative

Having or showing very strict moral attitudes

Boring or severely lacking in interest

So often used that it has become repetitive and tiresome

(now rare) Fastidious and hard to please

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Noun

An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person

“I didn't want to appear like a holier-than-thou fuddy-duddy so I made pleasant small talk with Tonya's date as though I approved of these sort of shenanigans.”

Noun

An advocate of maintaining tradition, especially so as to resist change

archconservative

paleoconservative

stick-in-the-mud

conventionalist

middle-of-the-roader

ultraconservative

counterrevolutionary

conventional person

counter-revolutionary

orthodox person

small-c conservative

Progressive Conservative

constitutionalist

United Empire Loyalist

ultra-conservative

dyed-in-the-wool

member of the old school

member of the old guard

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Noun

Older unmarried woman

Noun

Someone who ruins the fun or enjoyment of others

Adjective

Boringly conventional or conservative

behind the times

traditionalistic

middle-of-the-road

right of center

ultraconservative

paleoconservative

archconservative

socially acceptable

stick-in-the-mud

stick in the mud

conventionalist

set in one's ways

dyed-in-the-wool

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“Can a fine-dining restaurant in Minneapolis succeed if they ignore the all-important fuddy-duddy demographic?”

Adjective

Having or showing very strict moral attitudes

schoolmistressy

of the old school

prim and proper

stick-in-the-mud

holier-than-thou

politically correct

goody two-shoes

overconscientious

undemonstrative

uncommunicative

keeping people at arm's length

self-respecting

goody-two-shoes

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Adjective

Boring or severely lacking in interest

dull as ditchwater

run-of-the-mill

dull as dishwater

lacking variety

soul-destroying

non-stimulating

middle-of-the-road

nothing to write home about

no great shakes

lacking excitement

lacking interest

lacking variation

common or garden

run of the mill

unobjectionable

undistinguished

without variety

flat as pancake

puts one to sleep

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Adjective

So often used that it has become repetitive and tiresome

run-of-the-mill

unsophisticated

undistinguished

middle-of-the-road

run of the mill

dull as dishwater

past their sell-by date

no great shakes

common or garden

nothing to write home about

standardized^US

conventionalized

standardised^UK

run-of-the-mine

readily available

widely available

lacking interest

lacking excitement

run-of-the mill

not amounting to much

nothing to get excited about

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Adjective

(now rare) Fastidious and hard to please

over-particular

difficult to please

over-fastidious

pass-remarkable

impossible to please

selfdisciplined

going to great lengths

dotting the i's

crossing the t's

discriminational

individualising^UK

individualizing^US

extremely careful

with good taste

easily disgusted

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