UNPREPOSSESSING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

unprepossessing

adjective

Definition of unprepossessing

as in unimposing

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Recent Examples of unprepossessing Joe was an unprepossessing fellow. — Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 The artist himself, however, was rather more unprepossessing. — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023 The bishop has an amiable, unprepossessing manner, with a slight stoop and a twinkly smile. — Nathaniel Rich Stacy Kranitz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022 This crisis is apparent in casting the unprepossessing Krieps, who already creeped out Paul Thomas Anderson’s repellent Phantom Thread. — Armond White, National Review, 13 Oct. 2021 Nothing can be more unprepossessing than a sea-anemone when contracted. — Jessy Randall, Scientific American, 19 July 2021 Starring in these books was an unprepossessing intelligence officer named George Smiley. — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020

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Adjective

The Reds, meanwhile, made the postseason with one of the more unimposing offenses in the National League.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
As shown, the new stadium is simple, unimposing and not unattractive.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025

Definition of unimposing

Adjective

Some of those fans just believe the genre to be mostly musically unappealing or unworthy, but others also assume it to be made specifically by and for the MAGA set.

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
Garlic The strong smell of garlic is also unappealing to mice.

— Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of unappealing

Adjective

As unpleasant as his job might be at the moment, Harbaugh is ostensibly safe.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Depriving the plant of light discourages the development of chlorophyll—the green plant pigment responsible for color—and rids the chicory of an unpleasant flavor.

— Tamar Adler, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of unpleasant

Adjective

This results in a watery, unappetizing texture, according to Southern Living.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
The sugars react during high-heat cooking, causing potatoes to brown excessively and develop an unappetizing dark color or blotchy brown patches.

— Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of unappetizing

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