unsexy

adjective

un·​sexy ˌən-ˈsek-sē 

unsexier; unsexiest

: not sexy : not sexually suggestive or appealing

a modest, unsexy dress

also : not generally attractive or appealing

… prefer their wine aged and dated, not bottled in an unsexy jug …

—Jaclyn Fierman

unsexily

ˌən-ˈsek-sə-lē 

adverb

unsexiness

ˌən-ˈsek-sē-nəs 

noun

Examples of unsexy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As unsexy as protecting our skin from the sun used to seem, the skin-care routine staple has finally pushed its way to the front of beauty conversations. —Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2024

Sam Elliott may finally be an Oscar nominee, but there’s no topping the career height that is making Patrick Swayze look like an unsexy doofus. —Rebecca Pahle, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024

Hello Alice has aimed to increase diversity in the American business supply chain, a critical yet sometimes unsexy piece of the movement for greater diversity in business. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024

The unsexy work of building the plumbing that undergirds this world will take significant resources, time and creativity. —Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above