uninviting

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Recent Examples of uninviting Use tongs, not fingers, to push down the ice cube to fill the chamber. Step 3: Add dish soap More likely than not the blades are coated with gunk, grease, and other uninviting residue. Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024 Without proper lighting, our eyes can struggle to understand the dimensions of a room and create for a rather uninviting vibe. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024 With its emphasis on sleek forms and minimal decoration, modern style can be perceived as cold and uninviting. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2024 The total surface or working area of the intestines is approximately equal to the surface area of two tennis courts, though some Swedish scientists have downgraded it to the size of a small studio apartment — an apartment that is dark and uninviting. San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for uninviting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninviting
Adjective
  • Daily use by adolescents and adults can result in another unpleasant side effect: uncontrollable vomiting, according to a 2021 study.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
  • Vivian Yin’s will contains an unpleasant surprise for her daughters.
    Ilana Masad, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon play the mom and dad of a wealthy family holed up in a posh bunker in a salt mine, George MacKay plays their son who yearns to know about the inhospitable outside world, and Moses Ingram is the stranger who changes everything.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • Adapted to live in some of our planet’s most inhospitable mountainous regions, snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are the ultimate mountain climbers and an iconic big cat.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 May 2025

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“Uninviting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninviting. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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