as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
an unappealing mess of dirt and trash in the corner of the room
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Recent Examples of unappealing
Farms also tend to be small, and as a rapidly aging society with a booming tech sector, working the fields has become fairly unappealing for the island’s dwindling number of young people.
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
This arm has a clamp at the base that attaches to side tables or bed frames, and there’s a more expensive floor stand version ($70) if clamping on furniture sounds unappealing.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
At every turn, that No. 9 seed looks unappealing, but the bracket order might change again on Sunday.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2024
There are essentially no redeeming features to its design — its hand-like head looks goofy, its arms look fake, and its colors are largely unappealing.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
This arm has a clamp at the base that attaches to side tables or bed frames, and there’s a more expensive floor stand version ($70) if clamping on furniture sounds unappealing.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
At every turn, that No. 9 seed looks unappealing, but the bracket order might change again on Sunday.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2024
There are essentially no redeeming features to its design — its hand-like head looks goofy, its arms look fake, and its colors are largely unappealing.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappealing
Adjective
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An ugly opt in: If there is no trade by Feb. 6, Butler then regains a degree of leverage with the right to invoke his $52.4 million player option next season.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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This underscores an ugly truth as to why California’s housing is grossly and unnecessarily expensive, and in short supply.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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Rust is a big deal, as is the fact that many Panteras have been mangled by previous owners bestowing hideous enhancements (think bad celebrity plastic surgery) on otherwise desirable cars.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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And in reading on, it will be said up front that government spending is the most hideous, economy-sapping tax of all.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Janacek’s Capriccio is a strange hybrid of lyricism and grotesque shocks of color.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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As is the case with horror icons such as Dracula, Freddy Krueger, and The Babadook, expect Bill Skarsgård's grotesque Count Orlok to be an annual Halloween costume favorite from now on.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Brown used the discourse to take a shot at Jemele Hill, suggesting that the journalist is unattractive and that men don’t want to be romantically involved with her.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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That’s so great in the book, having that perspective on somebody’s darkest, deepest, most unattractive, unflattering thoughts.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
4 Dec. 2024
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“Unappealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappealing. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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