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Recent Examples of unpleasing 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 His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing. SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpleasing
Adjective
  • But the ever-reliable consumer is beginning to look shaky, courtesy of an unpleasant mix of a stagnating job market and sticky inflation.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The power is accompanied by a loud, unpleasant exhaust note.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • As if the Twins hadn’t experienced enough misery, September opened at home with an ugly, four-game sweep by the White Sox, who lost at least 100 games for the third year in a row.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When the Motion Picture Association of America joined the consortium, in 2014, the fight grew uglier.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The National Nuclear Security Administration funds the sensors, which undergo rigorous shock, vibration, thermal vacuum, and prompt X-ray testing to survive launch and the harsh space environment.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, try not to use any harsh cleaners or a really abrasive solution that may damage the surface.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, such a transition as implied by the current crisis necessitates and implies a coming organizational shift in society, but that could either result in a hideous fascism or in something genuinely utopian.
    Ed Simon September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • One of the most hideous of the victim/perps is Jennifer McCabe.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Many of the people opining and whining about how this moment could be as bad or worse than the 2000 bust are uninformed or ahistorical.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Thankfully, my passport wasn’t stolen, nor was it stranded somewhere in the middle of the rainforest (my worst fear at the time).
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And having a 'hate speech' crackdown in the name of Charlie Kirk — a man who absolutely rejected 'hate speech' laws — is especially grotesque.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Just as scary as the grotesque creatures outside are the factionalism and paranoia of the residents inside.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Unpleasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpleasing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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