uncharming

adjective

un·​charm·​ing ˌən-ˈchär-miŋ How to pronounce uncharming (audio)
: lacking charm
an uncharming manner/style/person
uncharmingly adverb

Examples of uncharming in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the stark light of morning, for a charming breakfast or brunch in a rather uncharming part of town, head to the Fox River Mall. Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2019 With some seven million volumes and 8,000 manuscripts housed in a modernist 1970s-era building in the decidedly uncharming environs of the Termini rail station, this is clearly a place for serious scholars, not dreamy bookish tourists. David Laskin, New York Times, 13 June 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1687, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncharming was in 1687

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“Uncharming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncharming. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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