as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
an unattractive, awkward baby bird
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Recent Examples of unattractive
Slow cookers are bulky, unattractive in their signature oval way and require a lot of thinking ahead to use.
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Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
Because these fundamental weaknesses are not reflected in the current market price, the stock maintains an unattractive risk-reward profile with a potential downside target of $95.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
One possibility was the Sorbonne in Paris but soaring property prices and recent political unrest made the French capital unattractive.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
This approach remains a long shot but the alternatives range from unpalatable to unattractive.
—Ali Vaez, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
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Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
Because these fundamental weaknesses are not reflected in the current market price, the stock maintains an unattractive risk-reward profile with a potential downside target of $95.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
One possibility was the Sorbonne in Paris but soaring property prices and recent political unrest made the French capital unattractive.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
This approach remains a long shot but the alternatives range from unpalatable to unattractive.
—Ali Vaez, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unattractive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattractive
Adjective
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Perhaps the most ugly truth of human spaceflight is that the ISS is old and its days are numbered.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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Okay, let’s get into the other good, bad, and ugly from episode 2 of Survivor 50, and — shameless plug alert!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Rosemary makes one of the best companion plants for apple trees because of its strong scent that's unpleasing to critters looking to snack on a juicy red apple.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
16 Feb. 2026
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
Adjective
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One of most hideous images in American poetry, and yet one of the most memorable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Next, law enforcement must rigorously interrogate the men and women who exchanged chummy emails with Epstein and played in his hideous sandbox.—
Amy Wallace,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Buckley and Bale’s chemistry has no juice from the start, the characters too wrapped up in grotesque prosthetics and inky makeup and gender polemics to generate real heat between them.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2026
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And the violent scenes aren’t grotesque or didactic — think of Miles’ muted trumpet sound reconfigured as resurrection visuals, of his ability to play and stage ballads so well that their uptempo momentum moves into territories too macabre to mute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Unattractive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattractive. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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