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

Their shunning of the Spanish coronation, however, felt uniquely unappealing, a show of disrespect to the winners of the most high-profile sporting event in the world.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Some were unappealing, and others made a great deal of sense, but each addressed a specific kind of need for children, parents, families, tutors, consultants, educators, and schools.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Definition of unappealing

Adjective

Unfortunately, that also unleashed endless talk, not only about restaurants, but also about diets, nutrition, gastric symptoms, preferences, prohibitions and other unappetizing subjects.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
Both chains suffered from serving food that appeared both inauthentic and unappetizing, unable to compete with local offerings.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Definition of unappetizing

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