UNEROTIC Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

unerotic

adjective

Definition of unerotic

as in unsexy

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Recent Examples of unerotic The director Ninja Thyberg’s new film is graphic yet deeply unerotic. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2022 Holbein was sensitive but cautiously unerotic in picturing women, who are usually sombre. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Surprisingly, McKay offers nothing more graphic than that rather unerotic image. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020

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Adjective

Guests are expecting the barrage of unsexy medical tests—in fact, many have already done their research.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
Cognizant’s Warikoo agreed that is the unsexy core of the problem.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026

Definition of unsexy

Adjective

Don’t go looking for hushed tones, decorous silence or the other traditions of a sport whose roots exist on the hallowed lawns of polite society.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
What used to be called UFOs and now go by the more decorous handle of UAPs—or unidentified anomalous phenomena—are being given the full investigatory treatment.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of decorous

Adjective

Madison is very soft-spoken, very pretty, and effortlessly polite, immediately offering to fetch me a hat from her car for the ride.

— Marley Marius, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
Despite being the literal opposite of confrontational, you’re encouraged to push past the polite lack of response someone gives you today.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of polite

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