unalluring

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Recent Examples of unalluring Los Angeles has never been more unalluring than in this bleak, racy and hard-to-put-down piece of neo-noir by first-time novelist Halley Sutton, who’s a kind of #MeToo Jim Thompson. Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unalluring
Adjective
  • The durian fruit is famous for its strong aroma that many people find repulsive.
    Tom Downey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
  • The word ‘repulsive’, again second language withstanding, is extremely jarring.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
  • These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
Adjective
  • After verbally attacking President Donald Trump and top White House aide Stephen Miller with vile and repugnant rhetoric, Moran secured a spot for himself as the poster child for the definition of a world-class hater.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
  • Readers got to climb into the doctor’s shoes—an experience that could be uncomfortable, at times repugnant, but undeniably eye-opening.
    Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • This is worlds away from that boring deli chicken sandwich, while still being easy enough to whip up on the busiest of days.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • The contract’s scope of work includes the single bore tunnel, station entrances and exits, the excavation of underground stations and the procurement of a tunnel boring machine.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • What used to take hours, days, or weeks, or be accomplished with tedious workflows and expensive SaaS tools, can now be achieved within minutes.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The biggest downside of the experience is that some of the admin tools can be tedious to manage.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Now, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMA) have harnessed that ability to create a natural bug repellent that proved as effective as DEET at fighting the pests.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 June 2025
  • The researchers are now working to develop a deer tick repellent with octenal as the active ingredient.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • This kind of dependence, common in most modern weapons systems, was often irksome for U.S. allies but not regarded as a big problem.
    Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2025
  • He’s won two elections, but still faces the irksome reality that pop culture is far from still fully MAGA-fied.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • Being different or unique for the sake of attention getting is tiresome when an agent is reading dozens of queries at a time.
    Kate McKean June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • Mike’s kvetching gets tiresome, but the movie zooms along with whiplash speed.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025

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“Unalluring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unalluring. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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