unattractive
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unattractive
Synonyms
grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, monstrous, ugly, unappealing, unbeautiful, uncomely, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly, vile
Antonyms
aesthetic (also esthetic), 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-favored
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The problem: tissue boxes are unattractive and should never, ever be left out in the open. — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, "The Life-Changing Magic of Fancy Tissue Box Covers," 28 Mar. 2019 If the country left the euro, Italians’ savings would likely evaporate from their bank accounts — an unattractive option for leaders who will need to face voters. — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, "Italy’s political crisis is a gut punch to Europe," 30 May 2018 Yep, the guy has basically never had an unattractive stage in his entire life. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "Nate Berkus’s Throwback Photos Are The Instagram Content You Never Knew You Needed," 25 Jan. 2019 So extending a path to citizenship for DREAMers or anyone else in exchange for a not-very-useful wall is an unattractive deal. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "The shutdown is intractable because Trump’s wall is ridiculous and Republicans know it," 8 Jan. 2019 With no basement, attic or spare room, unglamorous documents have no home and can end up stacked in plain sight in utilitarian boxes, unattractive reminders of the bureaucracy of life. — New York Times, "Buried in Paperwork," 6 July 2018 But for anyone who went to Tiger Stadium to watch an unattractive home schedule, there was a consistent noticeable number of empty seats and bundles of scalpers' tickets for sale. — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, "Greg Sankey doesn't want the SEC under the gun," 13 Feb. 2018 Inhalers shouldn’t be an object used to signify that a person or character is weak, or uncool, or unattractive. — Kate Gardner, SELF, "Please Stop Giving All Nerdy Pop Culture Characters Asthma," 24 Aug. 2018 The 'Everton Way' has been mentioned multiple times and ultimately, the unattractive style of play led to his downfall. — SI.com, "Style Over Substance for Everton as Allardyce Gets the Sack Following Top-Half Premier League Finish," 22 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unattractive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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