as in unsexy
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Recent Examples of unerotic
The director Ninja Thyberg’s new film is graphic yet deeply unerotic.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2022
Holbein was sensitive but cautiously unerotic in picturing women, who are usually sombre.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Surprisingly, McKay offers nothing more graphic than that rather unerotic image.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2022
Holbein was sensitive but cautiously unerotic in picturing women, who are usually sombre.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Surprisingly, McKay offers nothing more graphic than that rather unerotic image.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unerotic
Adjective
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Of the slow, unsexy work of loving someone even in the worst times.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Rob Lowe thinks movies are pretty unsexy right now.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Aside from a series of gruesome martyr scenes frescoed on the interior wall of the second ring in the late 16th century, the decor reflects late Imperial taste for decorous abstraction and costly materials.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Is there any decorous way to acknowledge my failure to do so over the past few years and to express my regret?—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Letting your friend know their deodorant is a little weak is a direct but still polite way to encourage them to freshen up.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Some people are strangely triggered and less than polite, especially men and people with migraines who seem to hate it.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Unerotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unerotic. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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