Definition of unappealing
:not appealing :unattractive
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an unappealing mess of dirt and trash in the corner of the room
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Ertz can become Wentz’s security blanket this year, a reliable middle-of-the-field target whom Wentz can turn to when the targets outside are unappealing.
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But, as Bevin discovered, actual repeal is unappealing.
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That’s significant, because researchers have long thought that early humans would have found rainforests unappealing: Why hunt clever monkeys in the treetops when easy-to-catch shellfish and other resources await on the coast?
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What makes Lippmann unappealing is his detachment, the cool logic that prevented him from shaking his fist at the status quo with Reed-esque fury.
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That resume is hardly Maryland-centric, a point voters might find unappealing.
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Moscow clearly has found the reality unappealing: Endless badmouthing from the U.S. press and defense officials; mounting US activism in Syria, bumping up against Russia’s own troops and its allies; no return of its compounds; no sanctions relief.
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This won’t help get votes for a repeal-only bill that has a number of other deeply unappealing numbers.
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FABRIC STRATEGIES Fabrics that can withstand life with pets used to be rough and often unappealing to touch, Yip says.
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First Known Use of unappealing
circa 1846
unappealing Synonyms
Synonyms
grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, monstrous, ugly, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly, vileAntonyms
aesthetic (also esthetic or aesthetical or esthetical), attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, lovely, pretty, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favoredRelated Words
abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, gross, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening; frumpish, frumpy, plain, unaesthetic, unbecoming, unshapelyNear Antonyms
shapely; imposing, impressive, prepossessingUNAPPEALING Defined for English Language Learners
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