Antonyms for button-downbut·ton-down

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1. button-down, buttoned-down, conservativeadjective

   unimaginatively conventional

   "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

   Antonyms:
   unconventional, unfastened, unbuttoned

   Synonyms:
   bourgeois, materialistic, cautious, conservative, buttoned-down

2. button-downadjective

   of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons

   "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts"

   Antonyms:
   unfastened, unbuttoned, unconventional

   Synonyms:
   conservative, buttoned-down

How to use button-down in a sentence?

1. Aaron Liao:

   You can say to it ‘Find me men’s shorts’ and I can give you turn-by-turn walking directions to every instance of men’s shirts, whether they are inside Bloomingdales, Abercrombie and Fitch, or Nordstrom, it’s amazingly accurate. We boast one meter of accuracy, which is effectively the difference between leading you to men’s button-down shirts and the casual t-shirts that are right next to them. Three feet of accuracy means I can lead you directly to the soap versus the shampoo that’s right next to it.

2. Buddy Clark:

   When providing a DIP, lenders will want to button down everything that hasn’t already been pledged as collateral, having unencumbered assets in a bankruptcy gives the debtor a bargaining chip with the various constituents at the table, which they would likely have to give up in order to get a DIP loan.

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