badly lit vs dowdy

badly lit

dowdy

adj
  • Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby. 

  • Plain and unfashionable in style or dress. 

noun
  • A plain or shabby person. 

verb
  • To press the crust into the filling during baking, to allow the juices to caramelize on top. 

How often have the words badly lit and dowdy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )