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unappealing

unap·pea·ling

US/ˌʌnʌˈpilɪŋ/ rare

adjective

1.

(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

  • “all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic”
2.

not able to attract favorable attention

  • “they have made the place as unappealing as possible”
  • “was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess”

Origin

From un- + appealing.

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