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Recent Examples of uninviting
Not Enough Decor Pieces or Accessories A living room without decor pieces or accessories—like books, vases, or candles—can feel cold and uninviting.
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Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 12 Jan. 2026
Some customers decried the logo change as uninviting.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
The uninviting labyrinth sprawlsthe east/west quadrangle from Girard to Fay.
—Leslie Simon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Yes, Sweden continues to feel stiff and uninviting to those not already in the fold.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
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Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 12 Jan. 2026
Some customers decried the logo change as uninviting.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
The uninviting labyrinth sprawlsthe east/west quadrangle from Girard to Fay.
—Leslie Simon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Yes, Sweden continues to feel stiff and uninviting to those not already in the fold.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninviting
Adjective
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Trapped allergens can affect the air quality in your bedroom, triggering congestion, scalp itching and irritation, not to mention unpleasant odors.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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So Miss Manners believes that your sister should apologize — not to her rude guest, but to the other guests, for having been subjected to such an unpleasant scene.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But the dams hurt salmon in a number of ways, including by forcing them through turbines, warming the slow-moving water in reservoirs to inhospitable temperatures, and greatly slowing the migration of juvenile fish to the sea.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The international effort to eradicate screwworm eventually pushed the pest to the Darien Gap, an inhospitable stretch of jungle on the Panama-Colombia border.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Uninviting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninviting. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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