off-putting
adjective
off-put·ting
ˈȯf-ˌpu̇-tiŋ 
: that puts one off : repellent, disconcerting
an off-putting attitude
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Garrett will also be officiating the wedding, a decision Cece cannot understand, given how strange and off-putting Garrett seems.
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John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Yellow color may be slightly off-putting This lower concentration serum plays nicely with our tester’s dry, sensitive, and redness-prone skin.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 28 Feb. 2025
And now, the third season is taking off to Thailand, where there promises to be stressful family dynamics, an off-putting couple and of course, lots of suspense and threats of violence and crime.
—Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
Characters like Garth, the improvisational singer alongside Kristen Wiig's Kat, pushed the duo's self-impressed, deliberately off-putting schtick to viewer limits, and beyond.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Yellow color may be slightly off-putting This lower concentration serum plays nicely with our tester’s dry, sensitive, and redness-prone skin.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 28 Feb. 2025
And now, the third season is taking off to Thailand, where there promises to be stressful family dynamics, an off-putting couple and of course, lots of suspense and threats of violence and crime.
—Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
Characters like Garth, the improvisational singer alongside Kristen Wiig's Kat, pushed the duo's self-impressed, deliberately off-putting schtick to viewer limits, and beyond.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Off-putting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-putting. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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